ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2017
Characterization of plastic beach debris finalized to its removal: a proposal for a recycling scheme.
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- Binational survey of personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environments: Abundance, distribution, and analytical characterization.Journal of hazardous materials · 2022Article
- Resource or waste? A perspective of plastics degradation in soil with a focus on end-of-life options.Heliyon · 2018Review
- Microplastics in Talitrus saltator (Crustacea, Amphipoda): new evidence of ingestion from natural contexts.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
- Occurrence and recovery of small-sized plastic debris from a Brazilian beach: characterization, recycling, and mechanical analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
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Abstract
Characterization of beach debris is crucial to assess the strategy to answer questions such as recycling. With the aim to assess its use in a recycling scheme, in this note, we carried out a physical and chemical characterization of plastic litter from a pilot beach in Central Italy, using the FT-IR spectroscopy and thermoanalysis. Fourteen polymers, having mainly thermoplastic origin, were identified; among them, the most represented are polyethylene (41.7%) and polypropylene (36.9%). Chemical and mechanical degradation were clearly observed by an IR spectrum. The thermogravimetric analysis curve of the plastic blend shows the melting point at 120-140 °C, and degradation occurs almost totally in a one-step process within 300-500 °C. The high heating value of the plastic debris is 43.9 MJ kg
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