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- 2024Enhancing Fire Retardance of Styrenic Polymers Through a Ter-Polymerization Route
- 2024The Effects of Nitrogen-Containing Monomers on the Thermal Degradation and Combustion Attributes of Polystyrenes Chemically Modified with Phosphonate Groupscitations
- 2023Gaseous- and Condensed-Phase Activities of Some Reactive P- and N-Containing Fire Retardants in Polystyrenescitations
- 2023Separation and Characterization of Plastic Waste Packaging Contaminated with Food Residuescitations
- 2023A STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTS OF P‐ AND N‐CONTAINING GROUPS ON THE FIRE RETARDANCE OF POLYSTYRENE
- 2022Thermal Decomposition of Styrenic Polymers Modified with Covalently Bound P- and N-containing Groups: Analysis of the Gaseous-Phase Mechanism
- 2022Gaseous- and Condensed-Phase Activities of Some Reactive P- and N-Containing Fire Retardants in Polystyrenescitations
- 2022Thermal and calorimetric investigations of some phosphorus-modified chain growth polymers 2: Polystyrenecitations
- 2021Phosphorus-Nitrogen Synergism in Fire Retarding Styrenic Polymers: Some Preliminary Studies
- 2020A Kinetic Analysis of the Thermal Degradation Behaviours of Some Bio-Based Substratescitations
- 2019Passive Fire Protection of Wood Substrates using Starch-based Formulations
- 2019A Study of the Thermal Degradation and Combustion Characteristics of Some Materials Commonly Used in the Construction Sectorcitations
- 2018Thermal and Calorimetric Evaluations of Polyacrylonitrile Containing Covalently-Bound Phosphonate Groupscitations
- 2018Thermal Degradation and Fire Properties of Fungal Mycelium and Mycelium - Biomass Composite Materialscitations
- 2017Structural studies of thermally stable, combustion-resistant polymer compositescitations
- 2014A three-dimensional Mn3O4 network supported on a nitrogenated graphene electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline mediacitations
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Separation and Characterization of Plastic Waste Packaging Contaminated with Food Residues
Abstract
In this paper, we present the development of a novel processing technology to tackle hard-to-recycle plastic packaging waste contaminated with food residues. The proof-of-concept (POC) technology can effectively separate food residual amounts from plastic waste materials to a level acceptable for further re-use or recycling of the plastic packaging. To assess this technology, we have conducted spectroscopic, thermal, and calorimetric characterizations of the obtained fractions, such as: cleaned mixed plastics (CMP), food waste with mixed plastics (FWMP), and a mixture of microplastics (MP). The analyses were carried out with the aid of Fourier-Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Microcone Combustion Calorimetry (MCC) and ‘bomb’ calorimetry. The highest ratio of CMP to FWMP and the lowest amount of MP were obtained, utilizing 700 rpm blade rotational speed and 15 s residence time of contaminated plastics in a cutting mill chamber. The plastics were freed from food contamination by 93-97%, which highlights a strong potential of the POC as a solution for ‘dry-cleaning’ of similar wastes on a larger scale. The main components of the CMP fraction were low-density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which are recyclable plastics. The knowledge and understanding of thermal degradation behaviours and calorimetric attributes of separated fractions, determined in this study are essential in informing the industrial players using pyrolysis as a technique for recycling plastics.