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A Sustainable Approach to the Low-Cost Recycling of Waste Glass Fibres Composites towards Circular Economy

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  • Omid Zabihi

    (Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia)

  • Mojtaba Ahmadi

    (Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia)

  • Chao Liu

    (Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia)

  • Roya Mahmoodi

    (Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia)

  • Quanxiang Li

    (Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia)

  • Mahmoud Reza Ghandehari Ferdowsi

    (Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia)

  • Minoo Naebe

    (Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia)

Abstract

For practical applications, both environmental and economic aspects are highly required to consider in the development of recycling of fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) encountering their end-of-life. Here, a sustainable, low cost, and efficient approach for the recycling of the glass fibre (GF) from GF reinforced epoxy polymer (GFRP) waste is introduced, based on a microwave-assisted chemical oxidation method. It was found that in a one-step process using microwave irradiation, a mixture of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) as a green oxidiser and tartaric acid (TA) as a natural organic acid could be used to decompose the epoxy matrix of a waste GFRP up to 90% yield. The recycled GFs with ~92.7% tensile strength, ~99.0% Young’s modulus, and ~96.2% strain-to-failure retentions were obtained when compared to virgin GFs (VGFs). This short microwave irradiation time using these green and sustainable recycling solvents makes this a significantly low energy consumption approach for the recycling of end-of-life GFRPs.

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  • Omid Zabihi & Mojtaba Ahmadi & Chao Liu & Roya Mahmoodi & Quanxiang Li & Mahmoud Reza Ghandehari Ferdowsi & Minoo Naebe, 2020. "A Sustainable Approach to the Low-Cost Recycling of Waste Glass Fibres Composites towards Circular Economy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:2:p:641-:d:309073
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