BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER COMPOSITE BASED ON POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND WOOD WASTE. DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION

VLAD BARBULESCU, LAURENTIA ALEXANDRESCU(*), MIHAELA NITUICA, MIHAI GEORGESCU, MARIA SONMEZ, DANIELA-MARIA STELESCU, DANA GURAU

National Research and Development Institute for Textiles and Leather - Division Leather and Footwear Research Institute INCDTP-ICPI, Bucharest, Romania
* Corresponding author, email: laurentia.alexandrescu@icpi.ro

Abstract

This work deals with the development and characterization of biodegradable polymer composites based on of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and wood waste (WW) post-consumer waste. Wood waste resulting from wood processing into finished products is cryogenically ground to min. 500 nm, mechanically functionalized at temperature with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) (7%) and compounded in varying proportions (10%, 20%, 50%). The new composite is biodegradable due to the compounding with wood fibers, have low density and implicitly the products made from, a lower weight, reduced costs and recover waste. Soles for shoes will be processed by injection using these materials.

Keywords

wood waste polymer composite polyvinyl chloride