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Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges

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Li, Houqian, Aguirre-Villegas, Horacio A., Allen, Robert D., Bai, Xianglan, Benson, Craig H., Beckham, Gregg T., Bradshaw, Sabrina L., Brown, Jessica L. +26 more·2022·Green Chemistry
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This paper reviewed the entire life cycle of plastics and options for the management of plastic waste to address barriers to industrial chemical recycling and further provide perceptions on possible opportunities with such materials.

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  • A significant challenge in mechanical recycling is the need for physical separation because mixing different types of plastics leads to macrophase segregated materials with compromised materials properties.

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    Section 11.2 (page unavailable) says that other plastics reduce the quality of mechanically recycled material, that different plastics are often immiscible, and that separation can produce a more homogeneous feedstock. This supports the need for separation and the concern about compromised properties, but the passage does not establish the claim’s specific description of the resulting material as macrophase segregated. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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Li, H., Aguirre-Villegas, H. A., Allen, R. D., Bai, X., Benson, C. H., Beckham, G. T., Bradshaw, S. L., Brown, J. L., Brown, R. C., Cecon, V. S., Curley, J. B., Curtzwiler, G. W., Dong, S., Gaddameedi, S., García, J. E., Hermans, I., Kim, M. S., Ma, J., Mark, L. O., Mavrikakis, M., Olafasakin, O. O., Osswald, T. A., Papanikolaou, K. G., Radhakrishnan, H., Sanchez Castillo, M. A., Sánchez-Rivera, K. L., Tumu, K. N., Van Lehn, R. C., Vorst, K. L., Wright, M. M., Wu, J., Zavala, V. M., Zhou, P., & Huber, G. W.
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  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
  • National Laboratory of the Rockies (US)
  • Iowa State University (US)
  • Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
  • Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí 78210, Mexico
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Green Chemistry
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
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2022
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24
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23
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8899-9002
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  • 1463-9262 (ISSN-L)
  • 1463-9270
DOI
10.1039/d2gc02588d
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W4295788330
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U.S. Department of Energy (DE-EE0009285)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Waste Management and Recycling
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
Keywords
plastic recycling, chemical recycling, plastic waste management, plastic life cycle, barriers to recycling, recycling technology

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