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Faculty of Tehnology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad , Novi Sad , Serbia
Faculty of Tehnology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad , Novi Sad , Serbia
Since the rapid industrial development results in extensive production and use of conventional plastic materials, their inadequate disposal and accumulation led to a major environmental concern due to the global climate and environmental impact. The traditional methods of plastic waste treatment including disposal to landfills, plastic recycling and even incineration are often inefficient, expensive, limited or cause additional emmisions to the environment. There is a large gap in the area of materials which can fully substitute traditional plastic with regard to their features as low cost production, easy processability, good mechanical and thermal stability - therefore scientific effort is directed towards novel cost-effective recycling technologies. Electrospinning as a versatile and unique technique in obtaining fibers at the micro and nano-scale represents a modern and superior recycling approach for utilizing plastic waste and their conversion into value-added products. Polyethylene terephtalate (PET) is a semi-crystalline thermoplastic with reasonable thermal, mechanical stability and good chemical resistance thus its consumption is still increasing and accordingly the main constituent of the plastic waste. In this light, this study tend to present the recycling of PET bottles by electrospinning in fabricating fibrous non-woven filtration media. The structure of the obtained nanofibrous membranes was confirmed by FTIR, while DSC is used to evaluate their thermal behaviour. The insight into fiber diameter distribution and morphology is provided by SEM analysis.
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