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Is It All About the Data? How Extruded Polystyrene Escaped Single-Use Plastic Directive Market Restrictions

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The Single-Use Plastics Directive (EU) 72/2019/904 is the main legislation governing plastic pollution, inclusive of marine plastic pollution in the European Union (EU).
María Del Camino Troya   +2 more
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The Role of Expanded Polystyrene and Geocell in Enhancing the Behavior of Buried HDPE Pipes under Trench Loading Using Numerical Analyses

open access: yesGeosciences, 2020
In recent years, much research has focused on the use of various materials for relieving and strengthening soil, e.g., steel reinforcing ribs, geosynthetics, geocell, waste tires, and expanded polystyrene (EPS).
Omid Khalaj   +4 more
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RECOVERY OF WASTE EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE IN LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE PRODUCTION

open access: yesRudarsko-geološko-naftni Zbornik, 2019
Polystyrene concrete, as a type of lightweight aggregate concrete, has been used in civil construction for years. The use of waste expanded polystyrene (EPS) as a fill material in lightweight concrete production is highly recommended from the point of ...
Gordan Bedeković   +3 more
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The effect ratio of adhesive urea formaldehyde melamine formaldehyde on the properties lightweight particleboard made from expanded polystyrene [PDF]

open access: yesتحقیقات علوم چوب و کاغذ ایران, 2014
In this study the possibility of using urea formaldehyde and melamine urea formaldehyde with different ratios of formaldehyde and melamine for manufacture lightweight particleboard by expanded polystyrene (EPS) was investigated.
Samaneh Mir   +2 more
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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FRAME STRUCTURE ON SHALLOW FOUNDATION WITH EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE (EPS)

open access: yesTeknologi dan Kejuruan, 2015
For the past 30 years, applications of expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam have been proposed. Several studies have examined the behavior of geofoam and produced beneficial results in the evolution of its application.
Indra Waluyohadi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study of waste generation polystyrene based in Misantla, Veracruz from the circular economy

open access: yesRevista de Ciencias Tecnológicas, 2023
Recently, the excessive generation of plastic waste and its inadequate management have represented a problem worldwide. Petrochemical plastics, which account for 80% of the world's total plastic use, are the main pollutants.
Romeo García Cruz   +5 more
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Upcycling of waste EPS beads to immobilized codoped TiO2 photocatalysts for ciprofloxacin degradation and E. coli disinfection under sunlight

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
The emerging global problem of antimicrobial resistance needs immediate attention. In this regard, this work demonstrates the use of expanded polystyrene waste in the synthesis of immobilized photocatalytic films for the treatment of antibiotics as well ...
Manasa Manjunatha, Hari Mahalingam
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Experimental Studies Involving the Impact of Solar Radiation on the Properties of Expanded Graphite Polystyrene

open access: yesEnergies, 2019
This article presents the research studies aimed at identifying the behavior of expanded polystyrene with the addition of graphite in the conditions of exposure to solar radiation.
Paweł Krause, Artur Nowoświat
doaj   +1 more source

Structural Behavior of Durable Composite Sandwich Panels with High Performance Expanded Polystyrene Concrete

open access: yesInternational Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, 2018
Sandwich panels comprising prefabricated ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) composites can be used as eco-friendly and multi-functional structural elements.
Ji-Hyung Lee   +3 more
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Laboratory studies on leaching of HBCDD from building insulation foams

open access: yesEmerging Contaminants, 2019
A series of laboratory experiments were conducted to study emissions of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) into aqueous leaching fluid under simulated landfill conditions.
William A. Stubbings, Stuart Harrad
doaj   +1 more source

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