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ArticlePolymers2025

Reprocessing of Simulated Industrial PLA Waste for Food Contact Applications.

Javiera Sepúlveda-Carter, Simón Faba, Marcos Sánchez Rodríguez, Marina P Arrieta

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Javiera Sepúlveda-CarterDepartamento de Ingeniería Química Industrial y del Medio Ambiente, E.T.S. de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3759-8272
Simón FabaDepartamento de Ingeniería Química Industrial y del Medio Ambiente, E.T.S. de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4299-0052
Marcos Sánchez RodríguezThe Circular Lab, ECOEMBALAJES España, C/del Cardenal Marcelo Spínola 14, 28016 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1937-5588
Marina P ArrietaDepartamento de Ingeniería Química Industrial y del Medio Ambiente, E.T.S. de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1816-011X

Funding

Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) CNS2022-136064Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) PID2021-123753NA-C32Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) TED2021-129920A-C43
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explores reusing discarded industrial polylactic acid (PLA), such as defective parts, scraps and burrs, for food contact applications. Reprocessing of PLA (PLA-RP) was simulated via melt extrusion, and the obtained pellets were characterized in terms of viscosity average molecular weight (M

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food contact materials (FCMs)migrationnon-intentionally added substances (NIASs)reprocessed PLAsustainable packaging

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PMID41012203
PMCPMC12473494

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