Kim Ragaert

2025

Perceptions and alignment on quality along the circular plastics packaging material chain

Molenbuur, M., van Eijk, M. C. P., Harm Urbanus, J., Diepenmaat, H. & Ragaert, K., 1 Jun 2025, In: Waste management (New York, N.Y.). 200, p. 114758 114758.

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2024

Accurate determination of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) content in polyolefin blends using machine learning-assisted differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis

Bashirgonbadi, A., Ureel, Y., Delva, L., Fiorio, R., Van Geem, K. M. & Ragaert, K., Feb 2024, In: Polymer Testing. 131, 10 p., 108353.

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Advancing the Characterization of Recycled Polyolefin Blends with a Combined Experimental and Numerical Approach to Thermomechanical Behavior

Hao, P., Siebers, C., Ragaert, K. & Gilabert, F. A., 19 Apr 2024, In: Polymers. 16, 8, 1153.

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Anchoring Ties: Improving Environmental Stress Crack Resistance in HDPE with Styrenic Triblock Copolymer

Khaki, A., Gerlach, C., Leone, N., Harings, J., Ragaert, K. & Fiorio, R., 13 Dec 2024, In: ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 6, 23, p. 14283-14289 7 p.

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Corrigendum to Circular economy initiatives are no guarantee for increased plastic circularity: A framework for the systematic comparison of initiatives: A framework for the systematic comparison of initiatives

Lisiecki, M., Damgaard, A., Ragaert, K. & Astrup, T. F., Feb 2024, In: Resources Conservation and Recycling. 201, 107169.

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Exposing the pitfalls of plastics mechanical recycling through cost calculation

Van Camp, N., Lase, I. S., De Meester, S., Hoozée, S. & Ragaert, K., 1 Dec 2024, In: Waste Management. 189, p. 300-313 14 p.

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Mechanical recycling of printed flexible plastic packaging: The role of binders and pigments

Lisiecki, M., Belé, T. G. A., Ügdüler, S., Fiorio, R., Astrup, T. F., De Meester, S. & Ragaert, K., 5 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 472, 134375.

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Plastic. People. Power.

Ragaert, K., 4 Jul 2024, Maastricht University.

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Plastic recycling stripped naked - from circular product to circular industry with recycling cascade

Lange, J.-P., Kersten, S. R. A., De Meester, S., van Eijk, M. C. P. & Ragaert, K., 24 Jun 2024, In: ChemSusChem. 17, 12, p. 202301320 8 p., e202301320.

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Rheological insights into the degradation behavior of PP/HDPE blends

Khabbaz, H. S., Demets, R., Gahleitner, M., Duscher, B., Stam, R., Dimitrova, A., Fiorio, R., Gijsman, P., Ragaert, K. & Gooneie, A., 1 Jul 2024, In: Polymer Degradation and Stability. 225, 110819.

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Root causes of post-consumer high-density polyethylene failing in new bottles

Khaki, A., Gerlach, C., Ragaert, K. & Fiorio, R., 1 Oct 2024, In: Resources Conservation and Recycling. 209, 107776.

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The interplay between macromolecular structure, rheology, processing condition, and morphology for (linear) low density polyethylenes in film blowing

Bashirgonbadi, A., Delva, L., Caron, E., Marchesini, F. H., Geem, K. M. V. & Ragaert, K., 5 Jan 2024, In: Polymer. 290, 14 p., 126566.

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2023

Circular economy initiatives are no guarantee for increased plastic circularity: A framework for the systematic comparison of initiatives

Lisiecki, M., Damgaard, A., Ragaert, K. & Astrup, T. F., 1 Oct 2023, In: Resources Conservation and Recycling. 197, 11 p., 107072.

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Clarifying European terminology in plastics recycling

Ragaert, K., Ragot, C., Van Geem, K. M., Kersten, S., Shiran, Y. & De Meester, S., 1 Dec 2023, In: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 44, 9 p., 100871.

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How much can chemical recycling contribute to plastic waste recycling in Europe? An assessment using material flow analysis modeling

Lase, I. S., Tonini, D., Caro, D., Albizzati, P. F., Cristobal, J., Roosen, M., Kusenberg, M., Ragaert, K., Van Geem, K. M., Dewulf, J. & De Meester, S., 1 May 2023, In: Resources Conservation and Recycling. 192, 19 p., 106916.

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Method to Develop Potential Business Cases of Plastic Recycling from Urban Areas: A Case Study on Nonhousehold End-Use Plastic Film Waste in Belgium

Lase, I. S., Frei, R., Gong, M., Vazquez-Brust, D., Peeters, E., Roelans, G., Dewulf, J., Ragaert, K. & De Meester, S., 28 Aug 2023, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11, 34, p. 12677-12694 18 p.

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Operational Framework to Quantify "Quality of Recycling" across Different Material Types

Roosen, M., Tonini, D., Albizzati, P. F., Caro, D., Cristóbal, J., Lase, I. S., Ragaert, K., Dumoulin, A. & De Meester, S., 12 Sept 2023, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 57, 36, p. 13669-13680 12 p., 100003.

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2022

Macromolecular Insights into the Altered Mechanical Deformation Mechanisms of Non-Polyolefin Contaminated Polyolefins

Demets, R., Grodent, M., Van Kets, K., De Meester, S. & Ragaert, K., 7 Jan 2022, In: Polymers. 14, 2, 32 p., 239.

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Material flow analysis and recycling performance of an improved mechanical recycling process for post-consumer flexible plastics

Lase, I. S., Bashirgonbadi, A., van Rhijn, F., Dewulf, J., Ragaert, K., Delva, L., Roosen, M., Brandsma, M., Langen, M. & De Meester, S., Nov 2022, In: Waste Management. 153, p. 249-263 15 p.

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Quality evaluation and economic assessment of an improved mechanical recycling process for post-consumer flexible plastics

Bashirgonbadi, A., Saputra Lase, I., Delva, L., Van Geem, K. M., De Meester, S. & Ragaert, K., Nov 2022, In: Waste Management. 153, p. 41-51 11 p.

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Technical and market substitutability of recycled materials: Calculating the environmental benefits of mechanical and chemical recycling of plastic packaging waste

Huysveld, S., Ragaert, K., Demets, R., Nhu, T. T., Civancik-Uslu, D., Kusenberg, M., Van Geem, K. M., De Meester, S. & Dewulf, J., Oct 2022, In: Waste Management. 152, p. 69-79 11 p.

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Towards high-quality petrochemical feedstocks from mixed plastic packaging waste via advanced recycling: The past, present and future

Kusenberg, M., Eschenbacher, A., Delva, L., De Meester, S., Delikonstantis, E., Stefanidis, G. D., Ragaert, K. & Van Geem, K. M., 15 Dec 2022, In: Fuel Processing Technology. 238, 27 p., 107474.

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