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Advances and approaches for chemical recycling of plastic waste
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The global production and consumption of plastics has increased at an alarming rate over the last few decades. The accumulation of pervasive and persistent waste plastic has concomitantly increased in landfills and the environment. The societal, ecological, and economic problems of plastic waste/pollution demand immediate and decisive action. In 2015, only 9% of plastic waste was successfully recycled in the United States. The major current recycling processes focus on the mechanical recycling of plastic waste; however, even this process is limited by the sorting/pretreatment of plastic waste and degradation of plastics during the process. An alternative to mechanical processes is chemical recycling of plastic waste. Efficient chemical recycling would allow for the production of feedstocks for various uses including fuels and chemical feedstocks to replace petrochemicals. This review focuses on the most recent advances for the chemical recycling of three major polymers found in plastic waste: PET, PE, and PP. Commercial processes for recycling hydrolysable polymers like polyesters or polyamides, polyolefins, or mixed waste streams are also discussed.
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- Authors
- Thiounn, T., & Smith, R. C.
- Venue
- Journal of Polymer Science
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-04-20
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1347-1364
- ISSN
- 2642-4150 (ISSN-L)
- 2642-4169
- OpenAlex
- W3020178450
- Cited by
- 857
- References
- 6
- FWCI
- 37.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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