Area of research
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering · Pollution
Research interest
Research interests include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Municipal Solid Waste Management, and Environmental Impact and Sustainability.
Heterocoagulation of Inorganic Pigments for Solvent-Based Recycling of Polystyrene.
Identification and quantification of (brominated) flame retardants during mechanical recycling of polystyrene from WEEE by means of pyrolysis-GC-MS.
Assessment of Odor Removal in Rigid Polypropylene Waste: Comprehensive Characterization and Washing Comparison.
Development of a solvent based recycling process for agricultural film
Removal of (Brominated) flame retardants in the dissolution recycling of polystyrene
Multiple linear regression in adsorption capacity prediction: Application in plastic waste pyrolysis oil purification
Understanding the Dissolution Kinetics of a DINCH Plasticized PVC: Experimental Design and Applied Modeling.
Chemical valorization of waste polyacrylonitrile polymers via shuttle catalysis.
Adsorption modeling for contaminant removal in plastic dissolution recycling: Investigating an amino ketone-based red dye
Mechanical recycling of printed flexible plastic packaging: The role of binders and pigments.
Overcoming the Limitations of Organocatalyzed Glycolysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) to Facilitate the Recycling of Complex Waste Under Mild Conditions.
Plastic recycling stripped naked - from circular product to circular industry with recycling cascade.
Additive inclusion in plastic life cycle assessments, part II: Review of additive inventory data trends and availability.
Increasing the Dissolution Rate of Polystyrene Waste in Solvent-Based Recycling.
Application of chemometric tools in the QSAR development of VOC removal in plastic waste recycling.
Tracing the origin of VOCs in post-consumer plastic film bales.
Understanding the complexity of deinking plastic waste: An assessment of the efficiency of different treatments to remove ink resins from printed plastic film.
Thermal pyrolysis of waste versus virgin polyolefin feedstocks: The role of pressure, temperature and waste composition.
Operational Framework to Quantify "Quality of Recycling" across Different Material Types.
Technical substitutability of recycled materials in life cycle Assessment: A comprehensive review and framework for quantification.
Method to Develop Potential Business Cases of Plastic Recycling from Urban Areas: A Case Study on Nonhousehold End-Use Plastic Film Waste in Belgium
Impact of Stabilization Technology on the Extraction Yield and Functionality of Macroconstituents from Biomass: A Systematic Review.
Critical advances and future opportunities in upcycling commodity polymers
Critical advances and future opportunities in upcycling commodity polymers.
Opportunities and challenges for the application of post-consumer plastic waste pyrolysis oils as steam cracker feedstocks: To decontaminate or not to decontaminate?
Thermochemical recycling of end-of-life and virgin HDPE: A pilot-scale study
Assessing the feasibility of chemical recycling via steam cracking of untreated plastic waste pyrolysis oils: Feedstock impurities, product yields and coke formation.
Material flow analysis and recycling performance of an improved mechanical recycling process for post-consumer flexible plastics.
Technical and market substitutability of recycled materials: Calculating the environmental benefits of mechanical and chemical recycling of plastic packaging waste.
Quality evaluation and economic assessment of an improved mechanical recycling process for post-consumer flexible plastics.