Polymer matrix composites have established themselves in the materials family due to their
improved properties like high specific stiffness and strength, durability etc. Recycled …

Petroleum‐based plastics have replaced many natural materials in their former applications.
With their excellent properties, they have found widespread uses in almost every area of …

Plastics are inexpensive, easy to mold, and lightweight. These and many other advantages
make them very promising candidates for commercial applications. In many areas, they have …

The growing worldwide production of synthetic plastics leads to increased amounts of plastic
pollution. Even though microbial degradation of plastics is known to be a very slow process …

Tough fibrous membranes for smoke filtration have been developed from recycled
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles by solution electrospinning. The fibre thicknesses …

Less than 9% of the plastic produced is recycled after use, contributing to the global plastic
pollution problem. While polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most common …

Current European waste policy does not mainly aim to treat waste streams but rather place
in the foreground of interest the complete supply chain of a product. Waste prevention and re …

Polymers present to modern society remarkable performance characteristics desired by a
wide range of consumers but the fate of polymers in the environment has become a massive …

Centralized waste plastic recycling is economically challenging, yet distributed recycling and
additive manufacturing (DRAM) provides consumers with direct economic incentives to …

Fab labs, which offer small-scale distributed digital fabrication, are forming a Green Fab Lab
Network, which embraces concepts of an open source symbiotic economy and circular …