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Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021 Background The world today is faced with the humongous challenge of removing the numerous plastic wastes in our environment. Efforts in the removal or remediation of these materials from the ecosystem are presently at the budding stage.
Chidi Edbert Duru +2 more
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Recycling, 2023 Water bottles are widely used in the Gulf countries. One estimate indicates that the water bottle usage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may reach up to 250 L of water per person annually.
Wisam Abu Jadayil, Eman Aqil
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Characterization of Liquid Produced from Catalytic Pyrolysis of Mixed Polystyrene and Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastic [PDF]
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2018 Plastic wastes accumulation increased each year in the environment. Plastics types are different such as polystyrene (PS), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and ...
R.S. Almukhtar, S.I.H. Abduallah
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Durability properties of concrete made with polyethylene terepthalate and polypropylene as replacement of fine aggregate [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) and Polypropylene (PP) is mostly used materials for making items like water bottles, food containers and many other plastic products in all fields of life. Due to the scarcity of natural aggregates for making concrete, it
Raju Suram +2 more
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Alkaline Depolymerization of Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastic Waste
Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2015 Depolymerization reaction is considered one of the most significant ways of converting waste polyethylene terephthalate in to terephthalic acid. The water polyethylene terephthalate bottle waste was collected from different places in Baghdad.
Ammar S. Abbas
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Current Knowledge on Polyethylene Terephthalate Degradation by Genetically Modified Microorganisms
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 The global production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is estimated to reach 87.16 million metric tons by 2022. After a single use, a remarkable part of PET is accumulated in the natural environment as plastic waste.
Aneta K. Urbanek +2 more
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Química Nova, 2009 In this work it is proposed a simple and versatile undergraduate chemical experiment in polymer and environmental technology based on the process of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) hydrolysis.
Marcelo G. Rosmaninho +5 more
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Nanomaterials, 2021 Plastic bottles are generally recycled by remolding them into numerous products. In this study, waste from plastic bottles was used to fabricate recycled polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET) nanofibers via the electrospinning technique, and high ...
Nadir Hussain +7 more
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Microplastics in house dust from 12 countries and associated human exposure
Environment International, 2020 Global marine pollution by microplastics (MPs) has received considerable attention in recent years. Nevertheless, little is known about the occurrence of MPs in indoor environments.
Junjie Zhang +2 more
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Effect of Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate by Polyethylene Terephthalate on the Characteristics of Mortar [PDF]
JES: Journal of Engineering SciencesIn this study, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) granules were used as a partial replacement for sand in mortar applications as a sustainable alternative material after recycling plastic waste to compensate for the expected shortage of natural aggregates ...
H. EL-Nesr +3 more
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