Sources, sinks, and solutions: How decaying fungi may devise sustainable farming practices for plastics degradation in terrestrial ecosystems

C Venâncio, P Cardoso, A Ekner-Grzyb… - TrAC Trends in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soils are major reservoirs of plastic particles, an issue that agricultural activities have
aggravated. Thus, devising eco-friendly, safe, and cost-effective strategies for enhanced …

Recycling and high-value utilization of polyethylene terephthalate wastes: A review

T Ren, H Zhan, H Xu, L Chen, W Shen, Y Xu… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyethelene terephthalate (PET) is a well-known thermoplastic, and recycling PET waste is
important for the natural environment and human health. This study provides a …

Low-temperature upcycling of PET waste into high-purity H2 fuel in a one-pot hydrothermal system with in situ CO2 capture

H Su, T Li, S Wang, L Zhu, Y Hu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The accumulation and improper disposal of a large amount of plastic waste have
exacerbated the deterioration of the global ecosystem and environment. To simplify the …

Catalytic depolymerization of waste polyethylene terephthalate plastic in supercritical ethanol by ZnO/γ-Al2O3 catalyst

Y Yang, F Chen, T Shen, A Pariatamby, X Wen… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to minimize the environmental impact from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic
waste, catalytic depolymerization was employed to break down PET into useful diethyl …

Improving the Sustainability of Catalytic Glycolysis of Complex PET Waste through Bio-Solvolysis

I Amundarain, S López-Montenegro… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
This work addresses a novel bio-solvolysis process for the treatment of complex poly
(ethylene terephthalate)(PET) waste using a biobased monoethylene glycol (BioMEG) as a …

Chemical recycling of polyester textile wastes using silver-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles: an economical solution for circular economy

V Vinitha, M Preeyanghaa, M Anbarasu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The waste management of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)–derived polyester (PES) textile
is a global issue, and material recovery through chemical recycling can restore a circular …

Aminolytic depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate wastes using Sn-doped ZnO nanoparticles

V Vinitha, M Preeyanghaa, M Anbarasu, G Jeya… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) is one of the most consumed polymers because
of its excellent thermal and mechanical properties. By increasing in PET production and …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization and kinetic evaluation for glycolytic depolymerization of post-consumer PET waste with sodium methoxide

S Javed, J Fisse, D Vogt - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glycolysis of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste is a promising chemical
recycling technique, back to the monomer, bis (2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET). This …

Optimization of PET depolymerization for enhanced terephthalic acid recovery from commercial PET and post consumer PET-bottles via low-temperature alkaline …

S Teke, S Saud, RM Bhattarai, A Ali, L Nguyen… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for plastic has resulted in a surge in plastic waste production.
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), commonly used in beverage bottle manufacturing, is only …

Synthesis and hydrolytic degradation of poly (glycerol succinate) based polyesters

K Shukla, A Arunagiri, K Muthukumar - Journal of the Indian Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The limited availability of petroleum resources motivates the research towards value-added
products production from bio-resources. This study reports the synthesis of glycerol and …