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Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges
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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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Metadata
- Authors
- 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.
- Affiliations
- 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
- Corresponding author
- Huber, George W.
- ORCID
- Li, Houqian
- Allen, Robert D.
- Bai, Xianglan
- Beckham, Gregg T.
- Bradshaw, Sabrina L.
- Brown, Jessica L.
- Brown, Robert C.
- Cecon, Victor S.
- Curley, Julia B.
- Curtzwiler, Greg W.
- Dong, Son
- Hermans, Ive
- Kim, Min Soo
- Ma, Jiaze
- Mark, Lesli O.
- Mavrikakis, Manos
- Olafasakin, Olumide O.
- Osswald, Tim A.
- Papanikolaou, Konstantinos G.
- Radhakrishnan, Harish
- Tumu, Khairun N.
- Van Lehn, Reid C.
- Vorst, Keith L.
- Wright, Mark M.
- Wu, Jiayang
- Zhou, Panzheng
- Huber, George W.
- Venue
- Green Chemistry
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2022
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 8899-9002
- ISSN
- 1463-9262 (ISSN-L)
- 1463-9270
- OpenAlex
- W4295788330
- Cited by
- 616
- References
- 715
- Citations by year
- 2026: 141 · 2025: 185 · 2024: 169 · 2023: 106 · 2022: 15
- FWCI
- 38.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Green Chemistry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- ChemRxiv (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Lirias (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
- Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) (submittedVersion)
- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- 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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