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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
Volume 137, Issue -, Pages 35-57Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2017.01.002
Keywords
Long-term properties; Durability; Stability; End-of-life; Degradation; Material valorisation; Energetic valorisation; Biological valorisation; Bio-based polymers; Renewable resources
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- European Funds of Regional Development
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for the projects POLYCELL [ENE2014-53734-C2-1-R]
- TETRA-SEC [UPOV13-3E-1947]
- BIOARMED project [APOSTD/2014/041]
- Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports [FPU13/01916]
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The long-term properties and end-of-life of polymers are not antagonist issues. They actually are inherently linked by the duality between durability and degradation. The control of the service-to disposal pathway at useful performance, along with low-impact disposal represents an added-value. Therefore, the routes of design, production, and discarding of bio-based polymers must be carefully strategized. In this sense, the combination of proper valorisation techniques, i.e. material, energetic and/or biological at the most appropriate stage should be targeted. Thus, the consideration of the end-of-life of a material for a specific application, instead of the end-of-life of a material should be the fundamental focus. This review covers the key aspects of lab-scale techniques to infer the potential of performance and valorisation of polymers from renewable resources as a key gear for sustainability. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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