Pyrolysis technology for plastic waste recycling: A state-of-the-art review

L Dai, N Zhou, Y Lv, Y Cheng, Y Wang, Y Liu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Discarded plastics can be converted to various fuels and chemicals to generate positive
economic value instead of polluting the environment. In the past few years, pyrolysis has …

Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

LD Ellis, NA Rorrer, KP Sullivan, M Otto… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Plastics pollution is causing an environmental crisis, prompting the development of new
approaches for recycling, and upcycling. Here, we review challenges and opportunities in …

A review on catalytic pyrolysis of plastic wastes to high-value products

Y Peng, Y Wang, L Ke, L Dai, Q Wu, K Cobb… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the continuous increase of plastic wastes and the decrease of fossil energy, pyrolysis
has emerged as a promising technology for the valorization of plastic wastes to produce …

The chemistry of chemical recycling of solid plastic waste via pyrolysis and gasification: State-of-the-art, challenges, and future directions

O Dogu, M Pelucchi, R Van de Vijver… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Plastic waste to fuels by hydrocracking at mild conditions

S Liu, PA Kots, BC Vance, A Danielson… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Single-use plastics impose an enormous environmental threat, but their recycling, especially
of polyolefins, has been proven challenging. We report a direct method to selectively convert …

Microplastic materials in the environment: Problem and strategical solutions

W Tian, P Song, H Zhang, X Duan, Y Wei… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics are widely used in our daily life; however, poor management and disposal result in
their ubiquity throughout the biosphere. Increased accumulation of microplastic (MP) or even …

Co-pyrolysis of waste plastic and solid biomass for synergistic production of biofuels and chemicals-A review

Z Wang, KG Burra, T Lei, AK Gupta - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2021 - Elsevier
The amount of plastics disposed from modern lifestyles have increased sharply in recent
years. Solid biomass is an abundant energy resource that exists worldwide. Transformation …

Transport fuel from waste plastics pyrolysis–A review on technologies, challenges and opportunities

MI Jahirul, MG Rasul, D Schaller, MMK Khan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite extensive research in recent years and great potential to help with energy and
waste management issues, thermochemical conversion technologies of mixed waste …

Microwave-initiated catalytic deconstruction of plastic waste into hydrogen and high-value carbons

X Jie, W Li, D Slocombe, Y Gao, I Banerjee… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The ubiquitous challenge of plastic waste has led to the modern descriptor plastisphere to
represent the human-made plastic environment and ecosystem. Here we report a …

[HTML][HTML] Catalytic processing of plastic waste on the rise

AJ Martín, C Mondelli, SD Jaydev, J Pérez-Ramírez - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Approximately 80% of the> 350 Mt of plastics produced annually is turned into
waste, which equals 30% of the European electricity consumption. Chemocatalytic …