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A Green Approach for Recycling Compact Discs
Compact discs (CDs) and digital versatile discs (DVDs) are mainly made by polycarbonate disc, a thin layer of aluminum or silver, a thin layer of a coating and a thin layer of a label of paper or PET. The recycling of these discs is difficult due to the removal of these non-polymeric layers and to o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9921742/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36771792 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15030491 |
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author | La Mantia, Francesco Paolo Liarda, Domenico Ceraulo, Manuela Mistretta, Maria Chiara |
author_facet | La Mantia, Francesco Paolo Liarda, Domenico Ceraulo, Manuela Mistretta, Maria Chiara |
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description | Compact discs (CDs) and digital versatile discs (DVDs) are mainly made by polycarbonate disc, a thin layer of aluminum or silver, a thin layer of a coating and a thin layer of a label of paper or PET. The recycling of these discs is difficult due to the removal of these non-polymeric layers and to our best knowledge, no industrial plants have been resent for their recycling. In this work, we propose a facile way to remove the non-polymeric layers and investigate the effect of the repetitive extrusion process on the processability and on the mechanical properties of the recycled polycarbonate. A few works have been published dealing with both the removal of the non-polymeric layers and the mechanical recycling of the disk of polycarbonate. In our approach, the removal of the non-polymeric layers is easily obtained through a thermo-mechanical treatment in a basic solution by ammonia. This process can be considered green because is made at a low temperature with a small amount of water and a very small amount of ammonia, saving energy and water. The properties of the polycarbonate remain good if the mechanical recycling is made after drying the post-consumer polycarbonate. |
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spelling | pubmed-99217422023-02-12 A Green Approach for Recycling Compact Discs La Mantia, Francesco Paolo Liarda, Domenico Ceraulo, Manuela Mistretta, Maria Chiara Polymers (Basel) Article Compact discs (CDs) and digital versatile discs (DVDs) are mainly made by polycarbonate disc, a thin layer of aluminum or silver, a thin layer of a coating and a thin layer of a label of paper or PET. The recycling of these discs is difficult due to the removal of these non-polymeric layers and to our best knowledge, no industrial plants have been resent for their recycling. In this work, we propose a facile way to remove the non-polymeric layers and investigate the effect of the repetitive extrusion process on the processability and on the mechanical properties of the recycled polycarbonate. A few works have been published dealing with both the removal of the non-polymeric layers and the mechanical recycling of the disk of polycarbonate. In our approach, the removal of the non-polymeric layers is easily obtained through a thermo-mechanical treatment in a basic solution by ammonia. This process can be considered green because is made at a low temperature with a small amount of water and a very small amount of ammonia, saving energy and water. The properties of the polycarbonate remain good if the mechanical recycling is made after drying the post-consumer polycarbonate. MDPI 2023-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9921742/ /pubmed/36771792 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15030491 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article La Mantia, Francesco Paolo Liarda, Domenico Ceraulo, Manuela Mistretta, Maria Chiara A Green Approach for Recycling Compact Discs |
title | A Green Approach for Recycling Compact Discs |
title_full | A Green Approach for Recycling Compact Discs |
title_fullStr | A Green Approach for Recycling Compact Discs |
title_full_unstemmed | A Green Approach for Recycling Compact Discs |
title_short | A Green Approach for Recycling Compact Discs |
title_sort | green approach for recycling compact discs |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9921742/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36771792 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15030491 |
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