PMID- 32899363
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201028
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 9
DP  - 2020 Sep 3
TI  - Leather Waste to Enhance Mechanical Performance of High-Density Polyethylene.
LID - 10.3390/polym12092016 [doi]
LID - 2016
AB  - Leather buffing dust (BF) is a waste from tannery which is usually disposed on 
      landfills. The interest in using wastes as fillers or reinforcements for 
      composites has raised recently due to environmental concerns. This study 
      investigates the potential use of BF waste as filler for a high density 
      polyethylene matrix (HDPE). A series of HDPE-BF composites, containing filler 
      concentrations ranging from 20 to 50wt%, were formulated, injection molded and 
      tested. The effect of filler contents on the mechanical properties of the 
      composites were evaluated and discussed. Composites with BF contents up to 30wt% 
      improved the tensile strength and Young's modulus of the matrix, achieving 
      similar mechanical properties to polypropylene (PP). In the case of flexural 
      strength, it was found to be proportionally enhanced by increasing reinforcement 
      content, maintaining high impact strength. These composites present great 
      opportunities for PP application areas that require higher impact resistance. The 
      materials were submitted to a series of closed-loop recycling cycles in order to 
      assess their recyclability, being able to maintain better tensile strength than 
      virgin HDPE after 5 cycles. The study develops new low-cost and sustainable 
      composites by using a waste as composite filler.
FAU - Kilic, Eylem
AU  - Kilic E
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8123-8632
AD  - Material Science and Nanotechnology Engineering Department, Usak University, 
      64200 Usak, Turkey.
FAU - Tarres, Quim
AU  - Tarres Q
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7021-2055
AD  - LEPAMAP Research Group, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain.
AD  - Catedra de Processos Industrials Sostenibles, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, 
      Spain.
FAU - Delgado-Aguilar, Marc
AU  - Delgado-Aguilar M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1540-3326
AD  - LEPAMAP Research Group, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain.
FAU - Espinach, Xavier
AU  - Espinach X
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6635-0260
AD  - PRODIS Research Group, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain.
FAU - Fullana-I-Palmer, Pere
AU  - Fullana-I-Palmer P
AD  - UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 
      08003 Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Puig, Rita
AU  - Puig R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9436-2074
AD  - ABBU Research Group, Department of Computer Science and Industrial Engineering, 
      Universitat de Lleida (UdL), 08700 Igualada, Spain.
LA  - eng
GR  - KAIROS-BIOCIR Project PID2019-104925RB (AEO/FEDER, UE)/Ministerio de Ciencia y 
      Competitividad, Gobierno de Espana/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200903
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC7563937
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - HDPE
OT  - buffing dust
OT  - circular economy
OT  - composites
OT  - recyclability
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/09/10 06:00
MHDA- 2020/09/10 06:01
PMCR- 2020/09/03
CRDT- 2020/09/09 01:03
PHST- 2020/08/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/08/27 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/08/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/09/09 01:03 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/09/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/09/10 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/09/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym12092016 [pii]
AID - polymers-12-02016 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym12092016 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2020 Sep 3;12(9):2016. doi: 10.3390/polym12092016.