Towards a circular economy: recycling of polymeric waste from end-of-life vehicles, electrical and electronic equipment

Abeykoon, C., Chongcharoenthaweesuk, P., Xu, P. and Dasanayaka, Chamila H. ORCID logo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9882-4267 (2020) Towards a circular economy: recycling of polymeric waste from end-of-life vehicles, electrical and electronic equipment. In: Bartolo, Paulo, da Silva, Fernando, Jaradat, Shaden and Bartolo, Helena Maria, (eds.) Industry 4.0: shaping the future of the digital world. CRC Press, London, UK, pp. 246-252. Full text not available from this repository.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1201/9780367823085-44

Abstract

Polymeric materials-based waste has been accumulating over the years and now these can be found not only on the land but also in the waters across the globe, and has become a serious global crisis in many ways. Among used plastics, end-of-life vehicles (EOLV) and electrical-and-electronic-equipment (EEE) are two major sources of polymeric-waste. These wastes can have variety of combinations of polymers, and the properties of such blends are not well-understood yet. In this work, the effects of six different process parameters were tested with three types of recycled polymers (derived from EOLV and EEE waste) under various processing conditions. The results confirmed that the properties and processing behavior of recycled materials can be highly variable and hence difficult to predict. Furthermore, findings highlighted the importance of knowing their actual constituents and also the selection of appropriate process settings to achieve the desired product properties while saving resources.

Item Type: Book Section
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780367823085
Departments: Institute of Business, Industry and Leadership > Business
Additional Information: Book is proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing (S2M 2019), 9–11 April 2019, Manchester, UK.
Depositing User: Anna Lupton
Date Deposited: 24 Apr 2023 15:58
Last Modified: 13 Jan 2024 11:15
URI: https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/7061
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