[HTML][HTML] Characterization of composition and structure–property relationships of commercial post-consumer polyethylene and polypropylene recyclates

M Gall, PJ Freudenthaler, J Fischer, RW Lang - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current efforts in moving closer towards a circular plastics economy puts massive
pressure on recycled plastics, especially recycled polyethylene (rPE) and recycled …

[HTML][HTML] Learnings about design from recycling by using post-consumer polypropylene as a core layer in a co-injection molded sandwich structure product

M Gall, G Steinbichler, RW Lang - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
In pursuit of a circular economy of plastics, there is a need to use more recycled plastics for
new products. Polypropylene (PP) constitutes a major fraction of post-consumer plastic …

[HTML][HTML] Polypropylene contamination in post-consumer polyolefin waste: characterisation, consequences and compatibilisation

E Karaagac, MP Jones, T Koch, VM Archodoulaki - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plastic recycling strikes a balance between functional, mass producible products and
environmental sustainability and is pegged by governments for rapid expansion. However …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic bottle cap recycling—Characterization of recyclate composition and opportunities for design for circularity

M Gall, A Schweighuber, W Buchberger, R W. Lang - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
In line with efforts to create a circular economy of plastics, recent EU legislation is
strengthening plastic bottle recycling by ambitious separate collection targets and …

[HTML][HTML] Short-and long-term performance of pipe compounds containing polyethylene post-consumer recyclates from packaging waste

PJ Freudenthaler, J Fischer, Y Liu, RW Lang - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The polymer industry is pushed to present solutions that lead to a circular plastics economy.
High plastic packaging waste recycling targets will eventually lead to a high availability of …

Material Characterizations of the Polymers Reinforced with Recycled Flexible Plastic Blends as Filament for 3D Printing

NN Alias, IYA Fatah, YB Seok… - … in Applied Sciences …, 2024 - semarakilmu.com.my
The high consumption of single-use plastics and the low recycling rates have seriously
polluted the soil and ocean environments. Thermoplastic materials from recycling can be …

[PDF][PDF] Blends of post-consumer recycled polypropylene (PP)/polyethylene (PE): rheology, morphology, and mechanics

DIE Karaagac - 2021 - scholar.archive.org
Isotactic polypropylene (PP) and high-density polyethylene (PEHD) are mostly used
commodity thermoplastics for packaging industry because of their good mechanical …

Material science & sustainable business aspects of informal plastic waste recycling: an african case study/submitted by Cintia Chagas de Oliveira

C Chagas de Oliveira - 2020 - epub.jku.at
The present plastic industry is coupled to the “take-male-dispose” consumption model, that
intensifies both depletion of non-renewable resources and plastic waste pollution/littering …