What is it about?
PET is a polymeric material that is generally derived from commercial polymer, which can increase the production costs. However, plastic bottles as drink packaging are composed of PET); therefore, waste plastic bottles can potentially be used as a membrane material. This new source of polymeric material helps to reduce the waste of plastic bottles and constitutes a green alternative to limit the consumption of polymers. Additionally, the use of PET bottles as polymeric material will reduce the cost of manufacturing membranes. Membranes with pore structure were successfully fabricated using recycled PET from waste plastic bottles
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Why is it important?
The recycled PET from waste bottles was successfully used to prepare porous membrane. The membrane was modified by the addition of PVP as a membrane modifying agent. It is confirmed that the original PET membrane has a rough and large pore structure. The addition of PVP improved the pore density with a narrow pore structure. The PET/PVP membrane conditioned with evaporation was the best in humic acid rejection.
Perspectives
This publication is good for technology innovation based on waste material. Advance treatment will be done to improve this innovation.
Dr Afrillia Fahrina
Universiti Tenaga Nasional
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This page is a summary of: Effect of PVP on the characteristic of modified membranes made from waste PET bottles for humic acid removal, F1000Research, May 2017, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.11501.1.
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