Obtaining surfaces providing electromagnetic shielding, thermal and sound insulation by using textile wastes which are not recycled

Recycling of wastes is a vital issue for economy and environment. Recycling of wastes as textile, plastic, glass, paper and metal materials instead of storing, embedding or burning will bring a decrease on raw materials of industry, which will provide opportunity to decrease the time, energy and money wasted for raw materials. Our aim in this study is to recycle fiber waste in various dimensions which cause environmental pollution in the nature, and can not be reused in textile manufacturing industry, and which cause problems in organized industrial zones, especially Uşak Organize Sanayi Bölgesi (UOSB) where the textile industry is developed. However, by recycling, production of low-cost and value-added products has been another goal. In this sense, sound, heat insulation and electromagnetic shielding tests have been applied to composite materials produced by non-traditional methods of waste textile fibers obtained from UOSB. The effects of changing parameters during the production of composite materials on sound, thermal insulation and electromagnetic shielding performance were investigated. The obtained results were evaluated and the usage areas of these surfaces were investigated.