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    Plasticizers Derived from Post-consumer PET: Research Trends and Potential Applications

    By Ewa Langer, Krzysztof Bortel, Marta Lenartowicz-Klik and Sylwia Waskiewicz

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    Plasticizers Derived from Postconsumer PET: Research Trends and Potential Applications presents a roadmap to the successful use of postconsumer PET to obtain plasticizers for later use, a proposal which presents both economic and sustainability advantages. Based on the results of the latest research into the development of chemical recycling techniques of PET waste, this book describes techniques where the plasticizer obtained can be utilized for value addition in PVC and other polymers.

    In addition, the book provides basic introductory information on the role of plasticizers in the modification of polymers, basic quality requirements, and the latest trends in the synthesis and use of plasticizers in industry, also presenting the available methods of PET recycling, with particular emphasis on chemical recycling, analysis of the PET market, the availability of postconsumer PET, and its value as a raw material for other products.

    Based on the authors’ research, the book discusses the use of postconsumer PET in the synthesis of monomeric and oligomeric plasticizers. Synthesis conditions are shown in detail, and the influence of the structure of synthesized softeners on their basic quality parameters are assessed and compared with selected commercially available products. In the final sections, the book covers the economic challenges and benefits of this process and its application to newly developed products.

    • Presents a step-by-step introduction to the methods of recycling PET into usable plasticizers
    • Provides a viable, actionable alternative to landfills for postconsumer PET, enabling the recycling of more waste polymer and reducing the carbon footprint of PET
    • Analyzes the economic benefits and challenges of this process
    • Compares the quality of the output to commercially available products
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateNov 3, 2019
    ISBN9780323461993
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    Plasticizers Derived from Post-consumer PET: Research Trends and Potential Applications
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    Ewa Langer

    Ewa Langer gained her PhD in 2012 from Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland, specializing in Technology of Polymers. Since 2006 she has worked in the Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes, Paint and Plastic Department in Gliwice. She works on the synthesis of new plastic additives, study of properties of raw materials for paints and plastics, and organic coatings.

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