ArticleWaste and biomass valorization2021
Study of Recycling Potential of FFP2 Face Masks and Characterization of the Plastic Mix-Material Obtained. A Way of Reducing Waste in Times of Covid-19.
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- Properties of Composites Based on Recycled Polypropylene and Silico-Aluminous Industrial Waste.Polymers · 2023Article
- Study of the Long-Term Aging of Polypropylene-Made Disposable Surgical Masks and Filtering Facepiece Respirators.Polymers · 2023Article
- Thermochemical recycling of waste disposable facemasks in a non-electrically powered system.Low-carbon materials and green construction · 2023Article
- The COVID-19 pandemic reshapes the plastic pollution research - A comparative analysis of plastic pollution research before and during the pandemic.Environmental research · 2022Article
- Submicronic Filtering Media Based on Electrospun Recycled PET Nanofibers: Development, Characterization, and Method to Manufacture Surgical Masks.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Experimental and Simulation Studies on Nonwoven Polypropylene-Nitrile Rubber Blend: Recycling of Medical Face Masks to an Engineering Product.ACS omega · 2022Article
- Face Mask Wastes as Cementitious Materials: A Possible Solution to a Big Concern.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Upcycling of face masks to application-rich multi- and single-walled carbon nanotubes.Carbon letters · 2022Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate how to recycle FFP2 face masks used during Covid-19 pandemic without using previous sorting process and to characterize the properties of the material obtained. The way of splitting and processing the mixture of materials was studied as well as the final properties such as chemical, thermal and mechanical characteristics. The resulting recycled material is a blend of polymers with such mechanical and thermal properties that could be used as an alternative to recycled PP (polypropylene). Avoidance of previous sorting process gives the face mask recycling a new and simplified way of preventing this material to be disposed in environment and an opportunity of second life for the polymers they are made of. With this work we lay the basis to reduce the plastic pollution related with the recommended use of face masks during Covid-19 pandemic. GRAPHIC ABSTRACT:
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