Nowadays, the tendency to replace conventional fossil-based plastics is increasing
considerably; there is a growing trend towards alternatives that involve the development of …

In 2021, global plastics production was 390.7 Mt; in 2022, it was 400.3 Mt, showing an
increase of 2.4%, and this rising tendency will increase yearly. Of this data, less than 2 …

Up to now, rubber materials have been used in a wide range of applications, from
automotive parts to special-design engineering pieces, as well as in the pharmaceutical …

The presence of unsaturation in the main chain of the polymer promotes the biodegradation
process. To elucidate this hypothesis, one unsaturated polyurethane (PUU) and another …

Synthetic rubbers and elastomers are used extensively in different industries today, and
more than 11.8 million tons are consumed annually. Butadiene rubber (BR) is the second …

Natural rubber (NR) 1 is a biopolymer mainly composed of isoprene units linked to form
double bonds with cis configuration. After the vulcanization process, NR is widely employed …

Biobased hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) was successfully synthesized in a one-
pot reaction via metathesis degradation of industrial rubbers. Thus, polybutadiene (PB) and …

The single-use personal protective equipment such as latex gloves causes severe pollution
and resource waste. It is still a challenge to degrade waste vulcanized diene-based rubbers …

Liquefaction of vulcanized natural rubber presents a high value-added way out to the
challenge of ever-increasing waste rubber. In this work, accelerated liquefaction of …

The paper presents the characterization and processing of a post-consumer vulcanized
rubber waste for use as a filler to obtain polymer composites with thermoplastic matrix based …