Valutazione dell'effettiva sostenibilità dei Wood Plastic Composites e applicazione ad un caso di studio

Waste recycling is one of the key aspects in current day studies to boost the country’s circular economy. Recycling wood from construction and demolished structures and combining it with plastics forms wood-polymer composites (WPC) which have a very wide scope of usage. Wood composites play a significant role in many non-structural and structural applications such as construction, floorings, windows, and door panels. Wood-polymer composites (WPC) are substances or items made up of one or more natural materials or flours but one or a mixture of polymers, such as polyamide, rayon, or latex. Their cheap and superior efficiency, low moisture absorption, sturdiness against ecological impact such as insects and fungi when compared to timber, high-dimensional data stability over their entire life, and high relative stiffness, have attracted the attention of manufacturers and researchers in recent decades. This research aims to analyze the state of the art inherent in the WPC market, with particular attention to the sustainability of the finished product, and to identify the optimal combination of components (matrices and fibers) of the composite structure to produce low impact battens. environment that can be used as a brise soleil.