Linear economy models are no longer acceptable for the plastic industry and a change to sustainable circular must take place. In field of thermoplastic foams, biopolymer poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is suitable alternative fossil based foams like polystyrene. However, production PLA bead still challenge. regards products, reduction needed polymer additives aspired simplify union end-of-life streams....

2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) microfibres with diameters ranging between 3 and 7 µm were prepared by aqueous solution based high-speed electrospinning (HSES) technique then used as carbonising agent at wt% loading besides 15 ammonium polyphosphate (APP) to obtain flame-retarded poly(lactic acid) (PLA) composites. The high specific surface area of the microfibrous HP-β-CD was found ha...

Abstract Supercritical CO 2 -assisted extrusion technique was used to produce flame retarded foams from recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (rPET). Synergistic combination of aluminium-alkylphosphinate retardant (FR) and natural montmorillonite (MMT) utilised provide adequate retardancy at moderate loadings, i.e. with less than 9% additives. Addition FR found increase the rate degradation dur...

Aqueous miscible organic layered double hydroxides (AMO-LDHs) can act as organophilic inorganic flame retardant nanofillers for unmodified non-polar polymers. In this contribution, AMO [Mg3Al(OH)8](CO3)0.5·yH2O LDH-oxidized carbon nanotube (AMO-LDH-OCNT) hybrids are shown to perform better than the equivalent pure AMO-LDH. A synergistic effect between the AMO-LDH and OCNT was observed; this end...