Recycling of saw dust as a filler reinforced cotton seed oil resin amalgamated polystyrene composite material for sustainable waste management applications

Recently streamlining wood waste production and promote their recovery and recycling have been popularized with the sustainable utilization of the waste generated in the saw mill to promote sound, sustainable and healthy wood waste management practices. Herein, we report the development of polymer composite from the saw dust as a reinforced filler on the natural non-edible cotton seed oil resin as feedstock amalgamated with the styrene monomer. The prepared virgin polymer saw dust (VPSD) composite holds light weight, low cost, easy handling and storage, enhanced mechanical strength, low energy production, eco-friendliness, renewability and sustainable waste management. The reinforced polymer composite material was characterized by spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. The thermal studies of the as-prepared composite shows the extended thermal degradation due to the blending of saw dust into the polymeric process and its mechanical study confirms the enhanced stiffness due to the wooden dust. Due to the significant property obtained by reinforcing the saw dust in the natural resin matrix, the process could be used to extend the development of many polymeric feedstocks as a part of sustainable waste management process.