The societal importance of plastics contrasts with the carelessness with which they are
disposed. Their superlative properties lead to economic and environmental efficiency, but …

Polyesters carrying polar main-chain ester linkages exhibit distinct material properties for
diverse applications and thus play an important role in today's plastics economy. It is …

Poly (l-lactic acid)(PLLA) is a leading commercial polymer produced from biomass, showing
useful properties for plastics and fiber applications; after use, it is compostable. One area for …

The extensive utilization of plastic, as a symbol of modern technological society, has
consumed enormous amounts of finite and non-renewable fossil resources and produced …

Developing a mechanistic understanding of catalyzed melt-phase depolymerization
processes is of utmost importance to the rapidly expanding field of circular polymers with a …

The large production and indiscriminate disposal of plastics have resulted in serious
resource and global environmental crises, which has raised a demand to develop a more …

The synthesis of polymers from lignin-derivable compounds can replace petrochemical
building blocks with a renewable feedstock. However, the end-of-life management of …

Transition from the traditional linear economy to a circular economy is the key to reducing
the amount of plastic that ends up in the environment and recovering value from the waste …

While a large number of chemically recyclable thermoplastics have been developed in
recent years, technologically important thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) that are not only bio …

The development of chemically circular, bio-based polymers is an urgently needed solution
to combat the plastic waste crisis. However, the most prominent, commercially implemented …