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  • Sustainable Engineering
  • Waste Management

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  • Growing global demand for fiber-based products fuels textile and plastic waste generation.
  • Fast fashion and increased consumption lead to significant pre- and post-production waste in landfills and incinerators.
  • Traditional wood-based oriented strand boards (OSB) face environmental and resource challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel waste-based composite material panel for construction applications.
  • To enhance mechanical properties for potential replacement of traditional wood-based OSB.
  • To utilize textile waste as reinforcement and a blend of polypropylene-based wastes (bi-oriented polypropylene films, non-woven materials) and virgin fibers as a matrix.

Main Methods:

  • Composite material formulation using textile waste reinforcement and a matrix of bi-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films, polypropylene non-woven (TNT) materials, and virgin polypropylene (PP) fibers.
  • Mechanical property modeling using the Taguchi method with orthogonal arrays to optimize composite characteristics.
  • Experimental validation of the Taguchi method's theoretical predictions.

Main Results:

  • Successful development of a waste-based composite material panel with potentially improved mechanical properties.
  • The Taguchi method effectively modeled and predicted the mechanical behavior of the composite.
  • Experimental results confirmed the accuracy of the theoretical models.

Conclusions:

  • A viable waste-based composite material has been developed for construction, utilizing textile and polypropylene waste streams.
  • The study demonstrates the effectiveness of the Taguchi method in optimizing composite material properties.
  • This innovation offers a sustainable alternative to conventional OSB, addressing waste management and resource depletion issues.