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Abstract
Sustainable, low-cost composite materials with improved
performance typically contain, in addition to plastics,
mineral fillers and fibers. Similar composite materials
can also be produced by replacing fillers and fibers with
side streams from paper mills using paper for recycling
as their raw material. These side streams can be of
different qualities and thus various end uses exist. The
strength and water adsorption properties of such
composites provide many opportunities for their
application. Further, their environmental benefits are
clear, since the use of these side streams reduces the
need to landfill them. The study was also supported by
chemical analysis of the side streams. This approach can
also bring in additional revenue from the same raw
material stream, improving overall resource and economic
efficiency.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4000-4009 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Polymer Composites |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2018 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- composites
- extrusion
- fibers
- fillers
- recycling
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REFFIBRE: Tools for Resource-EFficient use of recycled FIBRE materials
1/11/13 → 31/10/16
Project: EU project