Authors:
Batrinescu Gheorghe, Nicolae Ionut Cristea, Badescu Robert Valeriu,
Batrinescu Gheorghe, Nicolae Ionut Cristea, Badescu Robert Valeriu,
Ciobanu Romeo Cristian, Ursan George Andrei, Aradoaei Mihaela
Conference: International Symposium “The Environment and the Industry”
Date: 26-27 September 2019
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Published: 2019
Keywords:
Combined waste of plastic and paper
Composite materials
Leaching
Environmental impact
Abstract:
Combined plastic and paper waste (paper envelopes with plastic window, large envelopes made from paper with plastic air bubble, etc.) are not recyclable by current technologies. The only viable alternative to disposal is storage, but in this case a series of problems arise from the release of pollutant compounds into the leachate. It has been studied the possibility of using this non-recyclable waste by including it in the structure of composite materials that have applicability in the field of constructions. Current paper presents the results obtained in the analysis of leachates of combined plastic and paper waste before being included in the matrices of composite materials and after applying this recovery process. The comparative analysis of the results highlights the environmental impact of each category of waste.