Critical Factors for the Recycling of Different End-of-Life Materials: Wood Wastes, Automotive Shredded Residues, and Dismantled Wind Turbine Blades

Different classes of wastes, namely wooden wastes, plastic fractions from automotive shredded residues, and glass fiber reinforced composite wastes obtained from dismantled wind turbines blades were analyzed in view of their possible recycling. Wooden wastes included municipal bulky wastes, construc...

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Published inPolymers Vol. 11; no. 10; p. 1604
Main Authors Castaldo, Rachele, De Falco, Francesca, Avolio, Roberto, Bossanne, Emilie, Cicaroni Fernandes, Felipe, Cocca, Mariacristina, Di Pace, Emilia, Errico, Maria Emanuela, Gentile, Gennaro, Jasiński, Dominik, Spinelli, Daniele, Albein Urios, Sonia, Vilkki, Markku, Avella, Maurizio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2019
MDPI
Subjects
Air flow
Automotive glass
characterization
Composite materials
Coupled modes
Demolition
Dismantling
End of life
end-of-life vehicles
evolved gas analysis
Fiber composites
Fourier transforms
ftir
Gases
Glass fiber reinforced plastics
Indoor air quality
Industrial plant emissions
Infrared spectroscopy
Investigations
municipal bulky waste
Outdoor air quality
Particle size
Phenols
Polymers
Recycling
Residues
Scanning electron microscopy
Spectrum analysis
Thermogravimetric analysis
Turbine blades
Waste disposal
Waste materials
Wastes
Wind turbines
United States > US
Germany
Finland
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Summary:Different classes of wastes, namely wooden wastes, plastic fractions from automotive shredded residues, and glass fiber reinforced composite wastes obtained from dismantled wind turbines blades were analyzed in view of their possible recycling. Wooden wastes included municipal bulky wastes, construction and demolition wastes, and furniture wastes. The applied characterization protocol, based on Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy in attenuated total reflection (ATR) mode, scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDX), and thermogravimetric analysis (TG) coupled with FTIR spectrometry for the investigation of the evolved gases, revealed that the selected classes of wastes are very complex and heterogeneous materials, containing different impurities that can represent serious obstacles toward their reuse/recycling. Critical parameters were analyzed and discussed, and recommendations were reported for a safe and sustainable recycling of these classes of materials.
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ISSN:2073-4360
2073-4360
DOI:10.3390/polym11101604