Polyurethane Foams: Renewable, Recycled, Recyclable—The Green Economy Applied to the Polyurethane Industry
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 7370
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer recycling; chemical recycling; composites; circular economy; sustainability
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Interests: polymer recycling; upcycling; enzymatic recycling; circular economy
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Dear Colleagues,
Polyurethanes (PU) are one of the most versatile classes of polymers, whose consumption was predicted to be over 79 billion USD by 2021. They can be used as elastomers, paints or adhesives, but their main consumption is in the form of foams (PUF), corresponding to 67% of global PU consumption. Nevertheless, the disposal of PUF products is a current concern, facing ecological and environmental problems. In that sense, to avoid their landfill or incineration and its inherent problems, PUF wastes must be recycled. Another approach to this green economy philosophy is using renewable feedstocks in the production of PUF, increasing that way their ecoefficiency.
Overall, sustainability is considered of extreme importance to the world and to the competitiveness of companies in the long run, representing a big challenge in the present day to all people. Therefore, this Special Issue of Applied Sciences on “Polyurethane Foams: Renewable, Recycled, Recyclable—the Green Economy Applied to the Polyurethane Industry” aims to attract contributions related to the application of the green economy principles to PUF production, namely, renewable, recycled, and/or recyclable PUF.
Prof. Dr. Nuno V. Gama
Prof. Dr. Alessandra Lorenzetti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Polyurethane foams
- Recycling
- Renewable
- Recyclable
- Circular economy
- Green economy
- Sustainability
- Ecoefficiency
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