Integration of Textile Waste into the Production Chain, Through Epoxy Matrix Composite
recycling, circular economy, textile/epoxy.
The textile clothing industry occupies a prominent place in the world economy, with million-dollar revenues, but they also stand out negatively as they are among the 10 largest polluting activities on the planet, and in Brazil in 2021, 170 thousand tons of waste were generated. production. Among this waste are fabric trimmings, it is known that currently several methods of reusing this waste are being developed, including: hot compression molding, mechanical recycling, chemical recycling, all looking for a way to make the textile industry , less polluting and perhaps in the future including this industrial segment to the circular economy model. In this sense, the purpose of this study is to seek a recycling alternative for textile waste, through the development of a thermosetting polymer matrix composite and reinforcing filler, textile waste. Initially, waste that presented a polymeric composition based on polyester and a catalyzed epoxy polymeric matrix, in different proportions by mass of catalyst, were evaluated. Initial results demonstrated that the ideal proportion of catalyst for the development of the project is 0.14% by mass.