PROJECT 1

Developing and improving biodegradable polymeric materials from recycled polypropylene (r-PP).
The use of polymeric materials has grown increasingly during the last decades and now, these materials are one of the most attractive classes of materials. This is mainly due to their low cost, advantageous qualities, mechanical properties, and resistance to physical aging and biological attacks. However, the degrading resistance of synthetic polymers, especially in such applications where they are used for a short period of time before becoming waste, is causing growing environmental concern. This, along with the new environmental regulations, is forcing the industries to seek more ecologically friendly materials for their products.
The most desirable long-term solution to this problem is the use of biodegradable polymers, which undergo controlled biodegradation through the action of living organisms, the most environmentally compatible pathway for degradation.