Glass fibres from waste: production of continuous glass fibres from waste and their application in reinforced plastic material

Abstract

Glass ®bres are well-known reinforcing agents for different kinds of materials. For example, plastics, polyesters and epoxy resins can be reinforced using glass ®bres originally developed for electrical applications; the resistance of bituminous materials is increased with the addition of chemically resistant glass ®bres, and alkali resistant ®bres are used in reinforced concrete. The price of conventional glass ®bres is high because of the cost of the raw materials and of the high energy cost involved in the melting process. Therefore, a process which would allow the substitution of the natural raw materials with secondary products such as certain inorganic industrial wastes which have a lower melting temperature, would be of interest because it could increase the saving of energy and natural resources. Moreover, the disposal of industrial wastes in land®ll would be reduced.

Shielding parameters of leaded cement mortar

“…As mentioned above, the CRT-based glass system has been selected to assess the possibility of using the system as a new radiation shielding material. Without considering its toxic components, alternative applications for secondary CRT glass have been processed to bricks, decorative tile, nuclear waste encapsulation, construction aggregates, fluxing agent, and sandblasting medium [33][34][35]. However, it is estimated that only about 26% of the discarded CRTs are recycled while the remaining 59% are landfilled due to the lack of satisfied recycling approaches globally [36].…”

Processing and properties of polypropylene‐based composites containing inertized fly ash from municipal solid waste incineration

“…Standard MSWI fly ash has already been tested as a filler in PP and the obtained composites have then been exposed to outdoor weathering in order to assess heavy metals release . In other studies, MSWI fly ash inertized by means of vitrification process was successfully tested as reinforcement of plastics, thermoplastics, bituminous composites . Fly ash from rice husk ash has been used too as reinforcing agent for PP, but a compatibilizer is required to obtain a suitable and effective dispersion of the filler …”