Title :
Recoverable composite material made of thermoplastic waste combined with organic fibres
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Technol., Kalmar Univ., Sweden
Abstract :
By adding organic fibres, with mixed unwashed recycled thermoplastics, a material composite named Polywood is produced. The composite granulate can be used in different plastics machines. The paper gives different examples of Eco-designs made of Polywood. Manufacturing commercially saleable products from unwashed recycled thermoplastics has been very restricted. Polywood, the Eco-material can be handled like wood, it is nailable and so on. The new composite material has good rot-resistance etc. Products made of Polywood are as a whole recoverable, a couple of times, at last the energy from the material can be used
Keywords :
composite materials; design for environment; plastics; recycling; Eco-designs; Eco-material; Polywood; commercially saleable products; mixed unwashed recycled thermoplastics; organic fibres; recoverable composite material; rot-resistance; thermoplastic waste; Capacitive sensors; Composite materials; Ducts; Heat recovery; Manufacturing processes; Organic materials; Plastics; Polyethylene; Programmable logic arrays; Recycling;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 1999. Proceedings. EcoDesign '99: First International Symposium On
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0007-2
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.1999.747673