Chemical recycling of solid plastic waste (SPW) is a paramount opportunity to reduce marine
and land pollution and to enable the incorporation of the circular economy principle in …

Increasing the stream of recycled plastic necessitates an approach beyond the traditional
recycling via melting and re‐extrusion. Various chemical recycling processes have great …

Plastic plays an important role in our daily lives due to its versatility, light weight and low
production cost. Plastics became essential in many sectors such as construction, medical …

Plastic solid waste (PSW) is an ever‐growing environmental challenge for our society, as it
not only ends up in landfills but also in waterways and oceans and is consequently entering …

The necessity of balancing in consumption and recycling process is evident to manage the
life cycle of plastics wastes. Obtaining approaches for plastics degradation with the aim of …

The petroleum-based plastics, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene
(LDPE), and polypropylene (PP), and the biodegradable plastic, polylactide (PLA) were …

This review collects a wide range of initiatives and results that expose the potential of the
refineries to be converted into waste refineries. Thus, they will use their current units for the …

The thermal degradations of polystyrene (PS), polyethylene (PE), and poly (propylene)(PP)
have been studied in both inert nitrogen and air atmospheres by using thermogravimetry …

In recent years, about 370 million tonnes of waste plastic are generated annually with about
9% recycled, 80% landfilled and 11% converted to energy. As recycling of waste plastics are …

Polymer production and utilization are currently widespread and have greatly improved
people's standards of living. However, due to their stable and nonbiodegradable nature …