From plastic waste to wealth using chemical recycling: A review

J Jiang, K Shi, X Zhang, K Yu, H Zhang, J He… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global plastic waste has grown at an alarming rate for decades. However, the traditional
landfill and incineration treatments may cause air pollution and valuable land squander …

Current developments in chemical recycling of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate wastes for new materials production: A review

AB Raheem, ZZ Noor, A Hassan, MK Abd Hamid… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper appraised divergent chemical depolymerization routes for reprocessing
chemically synthesis polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics bottle waste and offer …

Synthesis of acidic MIL-125 from plastic waste: Significant contribution of N orbital for efficient photocatalytic degradation of chlorobenzene and toluene

X Zhang, K Yue, R Rao, J Chen, Q Liu, Y Yang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of efficient and stable catalyst for the degradation of chlorinated
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is a hot research topic. In this study, we used plastic …

Why is recycling of postconsumer plastics so challenging?

BD Vogt, KK Stokes, SK Kumar - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
The ubiquitous use of plastics has been driven by their combination of low cost and
properties, but these attributes directly challenge waste management schemes for plastic …

Green chemistry and the plastic pollution challenge: towards a circular economy

RA Sheldon, M Norton - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The linear economy for plastic packaging, which currently leads to excessive carbon dioxide
emissions and leakage into the environment, needs to be reformed to a greener circular …

Chemical recycling of PET: A stepping‐stone toward sustainability

B Shojaei, M Abtahi, M Najafi - Polymers for Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper focuses explicitly on the chemical approaches involved in the recycling of
polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Due to the high rate of consumption as well as …

Strategic possibility routes of recycled PET

Damayanti, HS Wu - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) application has many challenges and potential due to
its sustainability. The conventional PET degradation was developed for several technologies …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical recycling of monolayer PET tray waste by alkaline hydrolysis

A Barredo, A Asueta, I Amundarain, J Leivar… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The high demand for recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) driven by an increase in
environmental awareness, the application of more restrictive environmental legislations …

Optimisation of PET glycolysis by applying recyclable heterogeneous organocatalysts

Z Fehér, J Kiss, P Kisszékelyi, J Molnár, P Huszthy… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical depolymerisation, or solvolysis, can be a sustainable plastic recycling method, as
a circular economy can be achieved by recovering the pure monomers. Polyethylene …

Key ingredients and recycling strategy of personal protective equipment (PPE): Towards sustainable solution for the COVID-19 like pandemics

SS Siwal, G Chaudhary, AK Saini, H Kaur… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the complications of plastic trash management and
disposal. The current situation of living in fear of transmission of the COVID-19 virus has …