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This work discusses the entire process: first, the preparation and analysis of oak waste flour used as an additive to epoxy materials based on Epidian 6; then, obtaining and characterizing epoxy composites containing 5 wt.% of biowaste; and finally, the determination of the influence of wood filler and modification performed using selected ionic liquids (tetradecyltrihexylphosphonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide (IL-1), tetradecyltrihexylphosphonium bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl)phosphinate (IL-2), and 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide) (IL-3)) on the susceptibility of epoxy composite to the enzymatic degradation. The enzymatic degradation was performed for four weeks using the lipase enzymes (Porcine Pancreas and Rhizopus Oryzae). The epoxy composition EP6-WF_IL-2, containing 5 wt.% of wood flour modified with IL-2, was characterized by the best mechanical parameters in terms of bending strength and flexural modulus (65.64 MPa and 1855.3 MPa, respectively). During enzymatic biodegradation, the lowest susceptibility to enzymatic degradation, regardless of the incubation conditions, was observed in samples of EP6-WF_IL-3 epoxy composition containing wood flour modified with methyltrioctylammonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules30183714","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,12]],"date-time":"2025-09-12T12:08:16Z","timestamp":1757678896000},"page":"3714","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Application of Bio-Waste Modified by Ionic Liquids in Epoxy Composites\u2014From Preparation to Biodegradation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"30","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9807-1891","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anna","family":"Sienkiewicz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska Str. 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5823-6989","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Piotr","family":"Czub","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska Str. 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Pham, H.Q., and Marks, M.J. 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