Morici Elisabetta, Carroccio Sabrina Carola, Bruno Elena, Scarfato Paola, Filippone Giovanni, Dintcheva Nadka Tz
Advanced Technologies Network (ATeN) Center, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 18, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 6, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
Polymers (Basel). 2022 May 16;14(10):2038. doi: 10.3390/polym14102038.
Today's world is at the point where almost everyone realizes the usefulness of going green. Due to so-called global warming, there is an urgent need to find solutions to help the Earth and move towards a green future. Many worldwide events are focusing on the global technologies in plastics, bioplastic production, the recycling industry, and waste management where the goal is to turn plastic waste into a trade opportunity among the industrialists and manufacturers. The present work aims to review the recycling process via analyzing the recycling of thermoplastic, thermoset polymers, biopolymers, and their complex composite systems, such as fiber-reinforced polymers and nanocomposites. Moreover, it will be highlighted how the frame of the waste management, increasing the materials specificity, cleanliness, and a low level of collected material contamination will increase the potential recycling of plastics and bioplastics-based materials. At the same time, to have a real and approachable trade opportunity in recycling, it needs to implement an integrated single market for secondary raw materials.
当今世界正处于这样一个阶段，几乎每个人都意识到了绿色环保的益处。由于所谓的全球变暖，迫切需要找到解决方案来帮助地球并迈向绿色未来。许多全球性活动都聚焦于塑料、生物塑料生产、回收行业以及废物管理等全球技术领域，其目标是将塑料垃圾转化为实业家和制造商之间的贸易机会。本研究旨在通过分析热塑性塑料、热固性聚合物、生物聚合物及其复杂复合体系（如纤维增强聚合物和纳米复合材料）的回收利用情况，来审视回收过程。此外，还将强调废物管理框架、提高材料特异性、清洁度以及降低收集材料的污染程度如何能够增加基于塑料和生物塑料的材料的潜在回收利用率。与此同时，要在回收利用方面获得切实可行的贸易机会，就需要建立一个二级原材料综合单一市场。
