 Application of recycled paper sludge and biomass materials in manufacture of green composite palletSumin Kim, Hyun-Joong Kim and Jin Chul Park Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2009, vol. 53, issue 12, 674-679 Abstract: Rice straw, rice husk and paper sludge are by-products and industrial waste, and are beneficial resources as raw biomass materials used for manufacturing value-added composite products. We investigated the effect on selected mechanical properties of adding rice straw, rice husk and paper sludge to wood composites to replace wood particles for manufacturing green pallets. Results showed that increasing the contents of rice straw and rice husk dramatically decreased the mechanical strength of the composites. This is because the wax and silicate coating of these materials obstructed the strong bonding with UF resin. When 10wt.% of wood particle was replaced with 10wt.% of paper sludge, the wood–paper sludge composites showed similar mechanical properties to those of wood particle. Wood particle can be replaced by 10wt.% of dried paper sludge in accordance with the minimum requirement recommended by standards in green pallet manufacturing. Keywords: Paper sludge; Green pallet; Biomass materials; Alternative materials (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:recore:v:53:y:2009:i:12:p:674-679 DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.04.021 Access Statistics for this article Resources, Conservation & Recycling is currently edited by Ming Xu More articles in Resources, Conservation & Recycling from Elsevier |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.