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Multiple plastic compositions containing polyethylene, polystyrene, PVC, ABS, Nylon, polypropylene, with various particle morphologies and a narrow range of sizes and size distributions were mixed with similar size brown glass into “glastic” composites having glass compositions of 15, 30, and 45 wt%. These prototypes were molded in a form similar to standard clay bricks at 235°C and were compression tested to more than double the fracture stress of clay bricks at temperatures ranging from 20 to 50°C. These prototypes illustrate the prospects for utilizing waste plastics and glass in simple commercial materials applications and the relief of land fill problems which are now world-wide.
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Carvalho, S., Murr, L. & Arrowood, R.M. Glastic Composite Prototypes: A Materials Alternative for Recycling Plastic and Glass Waste. Advanced Performance Materials 5, 159–169 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008604213324
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008604213324