The influence of adhesives on recycling

Adsorption of surfactant-rich stickies onto mineral surfaces

“…Studies of stickies that have been reported in the literature are mainly concerned with how the effects of these compounds may be reduced in paper mills [5,8], or the development of alternative paper additives that have less of a detrimental effect during paper recycling [8,9]. Some studies focus on the removal of stickies and pitch from the recycled fibre system by, for example, screening [10][11][12], flotation [11,13,14] and adsorption [15][16][17], or from the white water in the paper mill [18,19].…”

Adhesive technology and sustainability

“…The recycling of adhesives is even more difficult than of polymers in general as the adhesive is usually a small proportion of a larger artefact all of which should, in principle, be recycled. Indeed, inappropriate choice of adhesive can aggravate the difficulty of recycling the components joined [34].…”

Phase Separation Driven On-Demand Debondable Waterborne Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

“…Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are materials that are involved in many aspects of our everyday life. As they are used in small amounts, their recycling is not viable; however, they may interfere with the recycling of other materials [1]. In this context, the possibility of switching off the adhesion on demand will be very valuable because it will simplify the recycling of goods at the end of their lifespan [2,3,4,5].…”