Status
In Progress
Material Class
Polymers
specific materials
Polyolefins
20-01-RR-4032

Diverting Mixed Polyolefins from Municipal Solid Waste to Feedstocks for Automotive and Building Applications

NODE
Technical Thrust
Recycling & Recovery
Mechanical Recycling Technologies for Sorting, Separating, & Liberating Materials
project Members
Michigan state university logo
LP Padnos logo
NREL national renewable energy laboratory logo
About

This project seeks to develop effective processing strategies to control the melt flow properties of mixed polyolefins to enable the reuse of mixed polyolefin waste plastics for new upcycling applications.

PUBLICATIONS

October 31, 2023
Virgin-like High-Density Polyethylene from Recycled Mixed Polyolefins
Journal Article
Pub. Info: ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2023, 5, 11, 9489–9496
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c01955

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