Bagasse-based products contribute to solving the plastic pollution problem. This paper presents an alternative by producing bioplastic that can be manufactured in many forms ranging across different industries such as food packaging, single use tableware, and crafts. The researchers aim prove alternative’s market variability through conducting a feasibility study of establishing technological m...

The influence of accelerated weathering, xenon-arc light and freeze-thaw cycling on wood plastic composites extruded from a recycled plastic was studied. The results showed that, in general, weathering had a stronger impact on samples made from plastic waste compared to a sample made from virgin material. After weathering, the mechanical properties, tensile and flexural, were reduced by 2-30%, ...

Composites based on high density polyethylene (HDPE), pine flour, and organic clay were made by melt compounding and then injection molding. The influence of clay on crystallization behavior, mechanical properties, water absorption, and thermal stability of HDPE/pine composites was investigated. The HDPE/pine composites containing exfoliated clay were made by a two-step melt compounding procedu...

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of some containers, chemicals and indigenous materials for protection of wheat seed in storage at the Entomology Laboratory of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka. Wheat seeds were stored in four types of containers (Tin kouta, earthen pot, plastic container and gunny bag) with two types of chemicals (Naphthalene and camphor) an...

Mechanical properties and morphologies of HDPE/bamboo flour (BF) composites modified with two maleated ethylene/propylene elastomers (EPR-g-MA) and one maleated polyethylene (PE-g-MA) were investigated. The concentration of each modifier varied between 0 and 8.3 wt% based on the total composite weight. The highest values in strengths and moduli were achieved for the composites containing PE-gMA...

The Agave tequilana bagasse is a lignocellulosic residue from the tequila industry that has great potential for biofuels production. Therefore, first part of this study aimed to optimize the conditions of acid hydrolysis for sugar recovery from two types of Agave tequilana bagasse, which were obtained from two different processes of tequila production, the traditional, in which the Agave tequil...

Scotch pine wood flour was modified with butyric anhydride to determine the effect of modification on properties 3D-printed composites. The 3D printer filaments were obtained by mixing and polylactic acid (PLA) a twin-screw extruder. composites printed via from filaments. mechanical, thermal, morphological investigated. According mechanical test results, tensile strength values (MWF)-added high...

The use of waste materials to make eco-friendly wood-polymer composites has been explored by many researchers for academic and industrial purposes due the low cost, biodegradability, availability wood flour. Polypropylene (PP)/ground tyre rubber (GTR)/wood flour (WF) were prepared using an internal batch mixer at a temperature 165 °C 8 min, samples injection-moulded 190 with pressure 6 MPa. des...