Sustainable eco-composites obtained from agricultural and urban waste plastic blends and residual cellulose fibers

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 377-384

  Martinez Urreaga J ^a,d   Gonzalez Sanchez C ^b   Martinez Aguirre A ^b   Fonseca Valero, C ^a,d   Acosta, J ^a   De La Orden, M U ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Characterization and Applications Research Group   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural waste plastics; Biocomposites; Eco composites; Mechanical properties; Recycling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; CELLULOSE; COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); COUPLING AGENTS; ELASTOMERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NATURAL FIBERS; PILOT PLANTS; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; RECYCLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEXTILE BLENDS; TEXTILE FIBERS; THERMOANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS; BIO-COMPOSITES; DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS; ECO-COMPOSITES; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

PLASTIC RECYCLING;

EID: 84951817619     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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