Sustainable development of PC/ABS blends using post-consumer material
25 August, 2020
Recycling of polymeric materials attracted the interest of Researchers since the early 1970s because of the problems related to their disposal. Even after decades of studies and successes, the recycling of post-consumer polymeric materials is still today an important challenge both for plastic industry and for academia. Among the different routes that can be adopted, mechanical recycling demonstrated to be one of the most viable ways to solve the environmental problems created by this large volume of materials if compared with the burial or the combustion. This allows a more reduced use of natural resources and energy as well as a reduced disposal of waste and an increased economic saving. Despite mechanical recycling of polymers is conceptually simple to design and apply, the properties of recycled materials are usually worse than the virgin ones.
In spite of having immense importance of engineering blends, the effects of reprocessing on their structure and properties have received little attention in the literature.
Currently we are deliberating on three different cases viz. The case of recycling ABS (effect on properties) to utilize to make blend with virgin PC.The case of utilizing reprocessed PC with Virgin ABS to make a Blend and the Case of utilizing reprocessed PC/ABS with virgin PC to make a blend.
The aim of this research is to study the effect of using scrap and reprocessed material (PC or PC/ABS) with the complementary virgin material. Not only will it reduce costs but also help in reducing carbon foot print in a more sustainable way.
In spite of having immense importance of engineering blends, the effects of reprocessing on their structure and properties have received little attention in the literature.
Currently we are deliberating on three different cases viz. The case of recycling ABS (effect on properties) to utilize to make blend with virgin PC.The case of utilizing reprocessed PC with Virgin ABS to make a Blend and the Case of utilizing reprocessed PC/ABS with virgin PC to make a blend.
The aim of this research is to study the effect of using scrap and reprocessed material (PC or PC/ABS) with the complementary virgin material. Not only will it reduce costs but also help in reducing carbon foot print in a more sustainable way.