Plastic waste upcycling: a sustainable solution for waste management, product development, and circular economy

R Balu, NK Dutta, N Roy Choudhury - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plastic waste pollution, including non-biodegradable landfills, leaching of toxic chemicals
into soil and waterways, and emission of toxic gases into the atmosphere, is significantly …

A review on material extrusion (MEX) of polyethylene-challenges, opportunities, and future prospects

A Karaki, A Hammoud, E Masad, M Khraisheh… - Polymer, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyethylene (PE) is a widely used thermoplastic valued for its low cost, chemical resistance,
recyclability, and good mechanical properties. PE makes up about one-third of the global …

Upcycling and catalytic degradation of plastic wastes

Q Hou, M Zhen, H Qian, Y Nie, X Bai, T Xia… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2021 - cell.com
Various recycling technologies have been developed to deal with plastic problems, but they
face considerable economic and technological challenges in practice. An attractive …

Advancing plastic recycling: Challenges and opportunities in the integration of 3d printing and distributed recycling for a circular economy

A Kassab, D Al Nabhani, P Mohanty, C Pannier… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The concept of the circular economy has emerged as a promising solution to address the
mounting concerns surrounding plastic waste and the urgent need for sustainable resource …

Additive manufacturing of polyolefins

F Christakopoulos, PMH van Heugten, TA Tervoort - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polyolefins are semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymers known for their good mechanical
properties, low production cost, and chemical resistance. They are amongst the most …

[HTML][HTML] Energy-saving approach for mechanical properties enhancement of recycled PET additively manufactured by MEX

L Landolfi, ALHS Detry, E Cozzolino… - Sustainable Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) water bottles by
material extrusion (MEX), an additive manufacturing (AM) technique, with a focus on …

Effect of processing techniques on the microstructure and mechanical performance of high-density polyethylene

E Mejia, N Cherupurakal, AHI Mourad, S Al Hassanieh… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The versatility of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) makes it one of the most used polymers
for vast applications ranging from food packaging to human implants. However, there still is …

Chemical synthesis of nanocomposites via in-situ polymerization of aniline and iodoaniline using exchanged montmorillonite

M Abbas, A Hachemaoui, A Yahiaoui… - Polymers and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The focus of this research is to synthesis different nanocomposites by in situ chemical
polymerization. The nanocomposites were prepared by intercalating monomers such as …

Upcycling of Plastic Waste

SVCS Naik, KR Vanapalli, BK Dubey - Waste-to-Wealth, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
Annual global production of plastics has reached 368 million metric tonnes, which resulted
in a dramatic increase in the production of plastic waste (PW) and associated environmental …

Unauthorized usage and cybersecurity risks in additively manufactured composites: Toolpath reconstruction using imaging and machine learning techniques

SS Babu, AHI Mourad, KH Harib - 2022 Advances in Science …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The field of Additive manufacturing techniques has witnessed tremendous growth in recent
years. It is considered to be one of the forerunners of the Industry 4.0 paradigm, owing to its …