Recent trends in recycling and reusing techniques of different plastic polymers and their composite materials

MY Khalid, ZU Arif, W Ahmed, H Arshad - Sustainable Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rising environmental concerns caused by the excess use of synthetic materials have
diverted the world's attention towards sustainable materials along with a circular economy …

[HTML][HTML] The complex end-of-life of wind turbine blades: A review of the European context

J Beauson, A Laurent, DP Rudolph… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The recycling of glass fibre thermoset composites in general and of wind turbine blades in
particular has been investigated for many years but still remains challenging. In order to …

Recovery of epoxy thermosets and their composites

X Zhao, Y Long, S Xu, X Liu, L Chen, YZ Wang - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
As the currently predominant thermoset plastic, epoxy thermoset is widely used in composite
materials, electronic packaging materials, coatings and adhesives. The rapid rise in epoxy …

Debondable adhesives and their use in recycling

KR Mulcahy, AFR Kilpatrick, GDJ Harper, A Walton… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Structural adhesives are commonly used to join dissimilar materials and are of particular
interest in complex technological devices used in automotive, telecommunications, photonic …

Wind turbine blade recycling: Experiences, challenges and possibilities in a circular economy

JP Jensen, K Skelton - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The wind power industry is a fast growing, global consumer of glass fiber-reinforced plastics
(GFRP) composites, which correlates with the industry's rapid growth in recent years …

End-of-life policy considerations for wind turbine blades

P Majewski, N Florin, J Jit, RA Stewart - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past ten years, the growth of wind energy has been significant. Wind power uses
the kinetic energy of the wind to produce electric energy without generating green house …

Progress towards a circular economy in materials to decarbonize electricity and mobility

D Mulvaney, RM Richards, MD Bazilian… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over 90% of the global economy continues to use natural resources unsustainably. The
linear “take-make-toss” approach to materials use still prevails over circular economy and …

Sustainable transformation of end-of-life wind turbine blades: Advancing clean energy solutions in civil engineering through recycling and upcycling

W Zhang, H Yu, B Yin, A Akbar, KM Liew - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Decommissioning end-of-life wind turbine blades (EoL-WTBs) presents significant waste
management challenges. This comprehensive review explores the recycling of EoL-WTBs …

Sustainable end-of-life management of wind turbine blades: Overview of current and coming solutions

L Mishnaevsky Jr - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Various scenarios of end-of-life management of wind turbine blades are reviewed.“Reactive”
strategies, designed to deal with already available, ageing turbines, installed in the 2000s …

[HTML][HTML] The critical success factors for sustainable resource management in circular economy: Assessment of urban mining maturity level

YA Fatimah, K Govindan, NA Sasongko… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid development of population, urbanization, and industrialization increase the
consumption of modern products that generate electronic waste (e-waste) globally. Efforts to …