November 1, 2021 Journal article Open Access

Pablo Ferrero; Olivia A. Attallah; Miguel Ángel Valera; Ivana Aleksic; Muhammad Azeem; Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic; Margaret Brennan Fournet

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      <creatorName>Pablo Ferrero</creatorName>
      <affiliation>AIMPLAS</affiliation>
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      <creatorName>Olivia A. Attallah</creatorName>
      <affiliation>Athlone Institute of Technology</affiliation>
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      <creatorName>Miguel Ángel Valera</creatorName>
      <affiliation>AIMPLAS</affiliation>
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      <creatorName>Ivana Aleksic</creatorName>
      <affiliation>University of Belgrade: Univerzitet u Beogradu</affiliation>
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      <creatorName>Muhammad Azeem</creatorName>
      <affiliation>Athlone Institute of Technology</affiliation>
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    <creator>
      <creatorName>Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic</creatorName>
      <affiliation>University of Belgrade: Univerzitet u Beogradu</affiliation>
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      <creatorName>Margaret Brennan Fournet</creatorName>
      <affiliation>Athlone Institute of Technology</affiliation>
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  <titles>
    <title>Rendering bio-inert low-density polyethylene amenable for biodegradation via fast high throughput reactive extrusion assisted oxidation</title>
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  <publisher>Zenodo</publisher>
  <publicationYear>2021</publicationYear>
  <dates>
    <date dateType="Issued">2021-11-01</date>
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    <description descriptionType="Abstract">&lt;p&gt;An energy efficient high throughput pre-treatment of low density polyethylene (LDPE) using a fast reactive extrusion (REX) assisted oxidation technique followed by bacterial attachment as an indicator for bio-amenability was studied. Silicon dioxide (SiO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;) was selected as a model oxidizing and catalytic reagent with the REX process demonstrated to be effective both in the presence and absence of the catalyst. Optimized 5-minute duration pretreatment conditions were determined using Box-Behnken design (BBD) with respect to screws speed, operating temperature, and concentration of SiO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;. The crystallinity index, carbonyl index and weight loss (%) of LDPE were used as the studied responses for BDD. FTIR and DSC spectra of the residual LDPE obtained after pretreatment with the REX assisted oxidation technique showed a significant increase in residual LDPE carbonyl index from 0 to 1.04 and a decrease of LDPE crystallinity index from 29% to 18%. Up to 5-fold molecular weight reductions were also demonstrated using GPC. Optimum LDPE pretreatment with a duration of 5 minutes was obtained at low screw speed (50 rpm), operating temperature of 380-390⁰C and variable concentration of SiO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&amp;nbsp;(0 and 2% (w/w)) indicating that effective pretreatment can occur under noncatalytic and catalysed conditions. Biofilms were successfully formed on pretreated LDPE samples after 14 days of incubation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the technique proposed in this study is expected to provide a high throughput approach for pretreatment of pervasive recalcitrant PE based plastics to reduce their bio inertness.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <funderName>European Commission</funderName>
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      <awardTitle>Bio Innovation of a Circular Economy for Plastics</awardTitle>
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