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Recent Progress in the Chemical Upcycling of Plastic Wastes

Chen, Xi, Wang, Yudi, Zhang, Lei·2021·ChemSusChem

DOI 10.1002/cssc.202100868

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The massive generation of plastic wastes without satisfactory treatment has induced severe environmental problems and gained increasing attentions. In this Minireview, recent progresses in the chemical upcycling of plastic wastes by using various methods (mainly in the past three to five years) is summarized. The chemical upcycling of plastic wastes points out a “plastic‐based refinery” concept, which is to use the plastic wastes as platform feedstocks to produce highly valuable monomeric or oligomeric compounds, putting the plastic wastes back into a circular economy. The different chemical methods to upcycle plastic wastes, including hydrogenolysis, photocatalysis, pyrolysis, solvolysis, and others, are introduced in each section to valorize diverse plastic feedstocks into value‐added chemicals, materials, or fuels. In addition, other emerging technologies as well as the new generation of plastic thermosets are covered.

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Authors: Chen, X., Wang, Y., & Zhang, L.
Venue: ChemSusChem
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2021-06
Volume: 14
Issue: 19
Pages: 4137-4151
ISSN: 1864-5631 (ISSN-L)
1864-564X
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202100868
OpenAlex: W3162117537
Cited by: 298
References: 120
FWCI: 17.02
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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