Mechanical characterisation of composite materials made from wood fibers of tall-palm and waste plastics

The recovery of plastic waste is an environmental challenge for the world today having regard to the problems of pollution. New alternatives for the recovery of this waste must be found. One possible solution is their use in the design and the realization of wood-plastic composites. This is the aim of our work, which consists to evaluate the properties of the composite made from recovered plastic waste used as a matrix and the fibers of tall-palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart., Arecaceae) used as reinforcements. This composite material, constituted by wood fibers and plastic waste, has been designed in the logic of an "eco-material", for structural or decorative use. It is manufactured using a compression process. The physico-mechanical tests carried out have given interesting results.