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The Effect of Construction and Demolition Waste Plastic Fractions on Wood-Polymer Composite Properties

Ville Lahtela¹, Marko Hyvärinen², Timo Kärki²

¹Re-Source Research Platform, School of Energy Systems, LUT University, ²Fiber Composite Laboratory, School of Energy Systems, LUT University

Secondary material streams have been shown to include potential raw materials for production. Presented here is a protocol in which CDW-plastic waste as a raw material is identified, followed by various processing steps (agglomeration, extrusion). As a result, a composite material was produced, and mechanical properties were analyzed.