Why is recycling of postconsumer plastics so challenging?

BD Vogt, KK Stokes, SK Kumar - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
The ubiquitous use of plastics has been driven by their combination of low cost and
properties, but these attributes directly challenge waste management schemes for plastic …

Use of virgin/recycled polyethylene blends in rotational moulding

SP Cestari, P J. Martin, P R. Hanna… - Journal of Polymer …, 2021 - degruyter.com
Aiming to further plastics recycling via rotational moulding plastics processing, blends of
virgin and recycled polyethylene sourced from post-consumer plastics were developed …

Hybrid modeling approach for polymer melt index prediction

MJ Song, SH Ju, S Kim, SH Oh… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This research paper presents a hybrid modeling approach that combines mechanistic
modeling and machine learning to predict the melt index (MI) of an industrial styrene …

[PDF][PDF] Processing System for Plastic Bottle to Obtain Polyethylene Terephthalate Filament in 3D Printers

R Yauri, H Bermeo, A León, O Llerena… - WSEAS Transactions on …, 2024 - wseas.com
Plastic has become one of the most used materials in the world for many uses, especially
PET plastic (polyethylene terephthalate) which is used to make plastic containers and …