There is an urgent need for new technologies to enable circularity for synthetic polymers,
spurred by the accumulation of waste plastics in landfills and the environment and the
contributions of plastics manufacturing to climate change. Chemical recycling is a promising
means to convert waste plastics into molecular intermediates that can be remanufactured
into new products. Given the growing interest in the development of new chemical recycling
approaches, it is critical to evaluate the economics, energy use, greenhouse gas emissions …