The recycling of any kind of plastic to convert it in valuable products is one of the main
challenges of today's society. Besides, if the recycling process is itself green, then it would …

The increased applications of Polyurethane (PU) materials give rise to a higher amount of
wastes, which have a devastating effect on the earth in turn; therefore, the management of …

Polyurethane foams (PUFs) are widely used commodity materials, but most of them end up
in landfills at the end of their life, which is not in line with the circular economy approach …

Polyurethanes (PUs) represent a family of useful synthetic polymers (thermoplastic or
thermosetting) obtained from polycondensation reactions between diisocyanates and …

Undoubtedly the applications of polymers are rapidly evolving. Technology is continually
changing and quickly advancing as polymers are needed to solve a variety of day-to-day …

Castor oil-based polyurethane as a renewable resource polymer has been synthesized for
application as a host in polymer electrolyte for electrochemical devices. The polyurethane …

Nowadays polymer recycling processes are one of the most published research topics due
to the increasing importance that is achieving the environmental world. One of most …

Damping coatings can convert kinetic energy into other forms of energy for consumption and
have been widely used for vibration and noise reduction in rail trains, aerospace …

In this review, reports, patents and recently published papers and documents on
polyurethane recycling, especially chemical recycling methods, are investigated in order to …

Composite materials based on natural rubber were obtained by using glycerolysate
(decomposition product of polyurethane) as a novel plasticizer. In order to determine the …