Compatibilization strategies toward new polymer materials from re-/up-cycled plastics

Abstract

The subject of this review is the study of the effects of compatibilizers on the properties of recycled plastic composites, effects monitored and evidenced through various specific methods of characterization, and validated by correlating experimental data and literature reports. In the present context, created by the environmental contamination due to the polymeric waste accumulation resulting from our daily single-life cycle plastic products, it is necessary to envisage new ways to up-cycle plastics. Conventional and reactive compatibilization strategies are among the most widely used methods, and the results are in good concordance with the envisaged applications of the new materials.