Kim Ragaert

TL;DR: This review presents a comprehensive description of the current pathways for recycling of polymers, via both mechanical and chemical recycling, and discusses the main challenges and some potential remedies to these recycling strategies, thus providing an academic angle as well as an applied one.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed an indicator to quantify the circular economy performance of different plastic waste treatment options, based on the technical quality of the plastic waste stream and evaluates resource consumption by using the Cumulative Exergy Extraction from the Natural Environment (CEENE) method.

TL;DR: An overview of the current understanding of the mechanical properties of human and common animal model heart valves is presented and the relevant data on both native and tissue engineered heart valve constructs have been compiled and analyzed to help in defining the target ranges for mechanical Properties of TEHV constructs, particularly for the aortic and the pulmonary valves.

TL;DR: In this article, a two-step aqueous alkaline hydrolysis was carried out on different types of real PET plastic waste under mild conditions (≤80 °C under atmospheric pressure).

TL;DR: The model clarified the origin of polymeric contaminants in recycled plastics, either sorting faults or packaging components, which gives directions for future improvement measures.