Process improvement using biodegradable material within the scope of sustainability

• Main Authors: Karakaya, C., Çoban, E., Karayol, T., Akdoğan, A., Vanlı, A. S.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Additives; Biodegradable materials; Biodiversity; Environmental impact; Raw materials; Sustainability
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0156644

Sustainability is one of the topics that is at the top of the agenda of today’s companies and investors. Companies are expected not only to have achieved financial success with their services or sales, but also to be sensitive to the environment and to do things that will not harm human life. Unfortunately, the global warming we face today, the loss of biodiversity, the rapid consumption or pollution of resources, the rapidly increasing population and the resulting environmental problems force humanity to seek a new order or to find solutions that will stop the increase of these problems. For all these reasons, companies adopt corporate sustainability approaches by considering economic, social and environmental sustainability as a whole in order to implement their sustainability strategies in the long term, and they tend to change classical business models according to these models. In this study, the products produced with ABS raw material in the current situation and the products produced with sustainable additive ABS are compared and reviewed. The effects of the biodegradable additives used in the products on the manufacturing process and product durability were examined. It is aimed to improve the process by providing the current product requirements.