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Circular Economy of Composite Materials Using Waste Jute Fibers and Recycled Polyester Fibers as a Reinforcement for Packaging Applications

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Textile chemistry

Abstract

Sustainable packaging is an emerging trend that contributes successfully to the development of the packaging industry. The use of waste in the production of fiber reinforced composites for packaging applications is one of the promising approaches to reduce the environmental impacts of using plastics, and assist in preserving wood-based materials. In this study, eight laminated composite panels reinforced with waste jute and recycled polyester fibers in a polypropylene matrix were produced to be used in packaging applications. The influence of changing the reinforcement type and ratio, and hybridization between the reinforcement materials with different stacking sequences on the composite panel's performance was investigated. The mechanical properties of the composite panels such as tensile, flexural and impact strengths, in addition to their physical properties such as density, water absorption, thickness swelling and moisture content were studied. The disintegration behavior of the composite samples was assessed through applying a simulated composting burial test under controlled laboratory conditions for 4 months. The results indicated that the 3-layers polyester composite sample exhibited the highest tensile and impact strengths, as well it showed the lowest water absorption, thickness swelling, moisture content and degree of disintegration compared to the other samples. The hybrid composite sample with a stacking sequence of recycled jute and polyester layers PET/J/PET presented the highest flexural strength and modulus values. Overall, the hybrid composite samples PET/J/PET and J/PET/J revealed improved mechanical and physical performance compared to the pure jute composites and the hybrid integrated jute/polyester composites. Thus, the proposed recycled polyester and hybrid jute/polyester composites with stacking sequence have the potential to be used as ecofriendly and cost-effective panels for packaging boxes applications.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.159418.6881

Keywords

Fiber reinforced composites, Biocomposites, packaging, Waste Jute, Recycled polyester, Disintegration degree

Authors

First Name

Tamer

Last Name

Hamouda

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Affiliation

Textile Research and Technology Institute, National Research Centre,

Email

tehamoud@ncsu.edu

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Orcid

0000-0003-3184-6212

First Name

Nermin

Last Name

M. Aly

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Affiliation

Spinning and Weaving Engineering Department, Textile Research and Technology Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

nermin_moh@yahoo.com

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0000-0002-9832-0330

Volume

65

Article Issue

13

Related Issue

37459

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-08-30

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

81

Page End

93

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Circular Economy of Composite Materials Using Waste Jute Fibers and Recycled Polyester Fibers as a Reinforcement for Packaging Applications

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22 Jan 2023