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PIM moulding of post consumer mixed plastics [PDF]
, 2009 Post consumer plastics from household are highly mixed and contaminated and are thus particularly difficult to recycle. Although advances in sorting and cleaning technologies for waste plastics have enable the relatively pure and clean streams such as ...
Tarverdi, K, Qi, K, Song, J
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Engineering, Recyclable, and Biodegradable Plastics in the Automotive Industry: A Review. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel), 2022 The automotive industry has used plastics almost since the beginning. The lightness, flexibility, and many qualities of plastics make them ideal for the automotive industry, reducing cars’ overall weight and fuel consumption. Engineering plastics in this
Vieyra H +3 more
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Biodegradable plastic applications towards sustainability: A recent innovations in the green product
Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2022 The purpose of this study is to investigate the contribution of biodegradable plastics to sustainability in a new and sustainable plastics economy, in which plastics perform their useful function without causing negative externalities.
Taofeeq D. Moshood +5 more
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Investigating microbial communication for enhanced production of biodegradable plastics
, 2019 In 2013 alone, 381 million tons of fossil-fuel derived plastics were produced, increasing almost 200-fold from when it was first produced in mass scale.
Kyazze, G., Keshavarz, T., Aziz, Z.
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Influences of impurities in recycled plastics on properties of PIM sandwich panels [PDF]
, 2009 Powder impression moulding (PIM) is a novel technology for manufacturing lightweight sandwich panels from plastics in powder form. The process is featured by its high tolerant to impurities or contaminants in the feedstock and thus requires much less ...
Tarverdi, K, Qi, K, Song, J
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Applicability of Gravity Separation to Recycling Biodegradable Plastics
Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 2023 Biodegradable plastics should be appropriately managed independently of general plastics during and after use. To establish an effective recycling process for biodegradable plastics, the present study investigates and evaluates the applicability of ...
Yuki Tsunazawa +5 more
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Biodegradability of Plastics [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2009 Plastic is a broad name given to different polymers with high molecular weight, which can be degraded by various processes. However, considering their abundance in the environment and their specificity in attacking plastics, biodegradation of plastics by microorganisms and enzymes seems to be the most effective process.
Tokiwa, Yutaka +3 more
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, 2006 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The food packaging industry is a £300bn global industry growing at a rate of 12% per year and increasingly favouring polymer or polymer-based materials ...
Davies, Gareth Benjamin Harverd
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Biodegradable Plastics: Standards, Policies, and Impacts. [PDF]
ChemSusChem, 2021 Plastics are ubiquitous in our society. They are in our phones, clothes, bottles, and cars. Yet having improved our lives considerably, they now threaten our environment and our health.
Filiciotto L, Rothenberg G.
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Biodegradable plastics and their impact on fingermark detection methods [PDF]
, 2023 The use of plastics is extremely prevalent in society, with most individuals likely to handle several plastic items per day. It is therefore not surprising that many exhibits recovered from the scene of a crime are plastics, which are processed and ...
Moret, S. +5 more
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