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6017876 
Journal Article 
Utilization of Polymer Automobile Fluff in Wood Fiberboard 
Shi, Q; Wang, JZ 
1997 
24 
4 
188 
An estimated 1.4 million tons of automobile shredder residue, also known as automobile fluff, is produced in the US each year. Most of this automobile fluff is disposed to landfills. Roughly 50% of the automobile fluff thus discarded is polymeric in nature. Results are presented from a research project seeking to evaluate the feasibility of reusing the polymer automobile fluff for the fabrication of wood fiber/fluff composites. The wood fiber/fluff composite boards were produced using the dry-form method. Separate experiments evaluated the performances of polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate and phenol formaldehyde resins as binders. The performance of the new product compared favorably against that of neat wood fiberboard for certain applications. 
Environment Abstracts; RECYCLING; AUTOMOBILE SCRAP; WASTE REPROCESSING; POLYMERIZATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; ENA 07:General