<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A constant increase in the production of plastic products is a major cause of general environmental pollution. The past decade recognized how significant recycling plastic waste and the development of biodegradable materials is. This paper takes a new look at reducing the amount of plastic waste in the environment. Plastic bottles are “dressed” in a special PE (polyethylene) foil before filling. After the content is consumed, the foil is removed of the bottle. Such foil can be used for transporting other products more than once. The work focuses on the investigation of the changes in properties of the light density polyethylene (LDPE) foils caused by forming during their application to the bottle. It was decided that the optimal method for this investigation was to compare the mechanical and rheological properties PE foils before and after their application to the bottle.</p></abstract>

A constant increase in the production of plastic products is a major cause of general environmental pollution. The past decade recognized how significant recycling plastic waste and the development of biodegradable materials is. This paper takes a new look at reducing the amount of plastic waste in the environment. Plastic bottles are “dressed” in a special PE (polyethylene) foil before filling. After the content is consumed, the foil is removed of the bottle. Such foil can be used for transporting other products more than once. The work focuses on the investigation of the changes in properties of the light density polyethylene (LDPE) foils caused by forming during their application to the bottle. It was decided that the optimal method for this investigation was to compare the mechanical and rheological properties PE foils before and after their application to the bottle.

Comparison of the properties of the original and applied LDPE foils in returned bottles

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Material Engineering

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A constant increase in the production of plastic products is a major cause of general environmental pollution. The past decade recognized how significant...

Comparison of the properties of the original and applied LDPE foils in returned bottles

Published Online: Dec 30, 2019

Page range: 39 - 42

Received: Sep 10, 2019

Accepted: Oct 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2019.25.07

Keywords
polyethylene foils, rheology, mechanical properties

© 2019 Dušan Gaňa et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Comparison of the properties of the original and applied LDPE foils in returned bottles

Published Online: Dec 30, 2019

Page range: 39 - 42

Received: Sep 10, 2019

Accepted: Oct 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2019.25.07

Keywordspolyethylene foils, rheology, mechanical properties

© 2019 Dušan Gaňa et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
polyethylene foils, rheology, mechanical properties