However, no previous research has been conducted on WPC in
the context of a growing and competing biomass demand and
the political, technical, economic feasibility, and customer acceptance
of using secondary resources for WPC from specific waste
streams. The first part of this article investigates market information,
availability, and price situation of secondary resources for
WPC. The focus is on waste wood and polyolefin plastics from a
specific waste category: post-consumer packaging. In the second
part, laboratory manufactured WPC specimens made of postconsumer
recycled resources are characterized by mechanical
properties (flexural and tensile tests and impact strength), physical
properties (water absorption and density) and colour properties.
The geographical focus is Germany