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Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
Published in: Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management 3/2021

16-02-2021 | ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Determining the role of the method used to recycle polypropylene waste materials from automotive industry using sepiolite and zeolite fillers

Authors: Claudia Belviso, Pietro Montano, Antonio Lettino, Francesco Toschi, Vito Guido Lambertini, Antonino D. Veca, Elisabetta Moschetto, Francesco Cavalcante, Ambra Guarnaccio

Published in: Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management | Issue 3/2021

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Abstract

In this work, the effectiveness of a rapid recycling method of waste polypropylene (WPP) with the addition of inorganic fillers was investigated. The experiments were performed using three types of WPP and a mixture of them (MWPP), characterized by different amount of talc content. The influence of sepiolite (micrometric size) and zeolite (nanometric size) fillers addition on newly prepared materials was analysed by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). Mechanical characterizations of all the filled compounds were also performed. The data indicate that the addition of low percentage (5%) of sepiolite or LTA zeolite improves some mechanical and rheological properties of WPP-recycled materials. However, the results also show that the simple mixing of wastes and additional fillers (without preparing pellets) has an influence on the recycling process.
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Metadata
Title
Determining the role of the method used to recycle polypropylene waste materials from automotive industry using sepiolite and zeolite fillers
Authors
Claudia Belviso
Pietro Montano
Antonio Lettino
Francesco Toschi
Vito Guido Lambertini
Antonino D. Veca
Elisabetta Moschetto
Francesco Cavalcante
Ambra Guarnaccio
Publication date
16-02-2021
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 1438-4957
Electronic ISSN: 1611-8227
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-021-01184-w

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