title: Use of recycled plastics in wood plastic composites - a review.
abstract: The use of recycled and waste thermoplastics has been recently considered for producing wood plastic composites (WPCs). They have great potential for WPCs manufacturing according to results of some limited researches. This paper presents a detailed review about some essential properties of waste and recycled plastics, important for WPCs production, and of research published on the effect of recycled plastics on the physical and mechanical properties of WPCs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Wood and Paper Science and Technology, Natural Resources Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran. skazemi@modares.ac.ir
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kazemi Najafi
mesh_terms: D010969:Plastics; D059027:Recycling; D012212:Rheology; D062611:Solid Waste; D044366:Transition Temperature; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D062611:Solid Waste
keywords: Degradation; Physical and mechanical properties; Waste and recycled plastics; Wood plastic composites