Numerical and experimental analysis and verification of plastics derived from post-consumer plastic wastes

The present study aims at replacing virgin polypropylene with a percentage of recycled plastics toassess the impact of this substitution on the mechanical properties of the original material.Homogenization is employed to predict the mechanical properties of the mixtures and verificationis performed by considering tensile tests for each blend and mechanical properties are compared.Homogenized material properties achieved from numerical analysis and properties achieved fromexperiments are comparable with an error between 10 and 20%; such uncertainties might be con-nected with the unknown perfect mix present in the blend between the virgin and the recycledparts.