Publication of our fourth MOOC

KU Leuven disseminated the fourth project MOOC, about “Polyurethane in the landscape of polymer recycling”. You can watch it on youtube. Plastic waste is processed by a variety of techniques comprising incineration, pyrolysis, dissolution/precipitation, mechanical recycling and chemical recycling. Incineration allows for the recovery of thermal energy but also requires extensive scrubbing of exhaust gasses…

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Publication of our third MOOC

KU Leuven disseminated the third project MOOC, about “Smart design of plastics for improved recycling”. You can watch it on youtube. Plastics are generally classified into thermoplastics and thermosets, according to their response to heating. Thermoplastics become liquid or plasticize upon heating and harden again upon cooling, which can be repeated in multiple cycles. By…

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