Chemolytic depolymerisation of PET: a review

E Barnard, JJR Arias, W Thielemans - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing new, alternative ways to recycle plastics is an important and pressing challenge
for industry and academy, given its significant impact on CO2 emissions as well as …

How to build a microplastics‐free environment: strategies for microplastics degradation and plastics recycling

J Chen, J Wu, PC Sherrell, J Chen, H Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microplastics are an emergent yet critical issue for the environment because of high
degradation resistance and bioaccumulation. Unfortunately, the current technologies to …

The chemical recycling of polyesters for a circular plastics economy: challenges and emerging opportunities

J Payne, MD Jones - ChemSusChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Whilst plastics have played an instrumental role in human development, growing
environmental concerns have led to increasing public scrutiny and demands for outright …

Catalytic methods for chemical recycling or upcycling of commercial polymers

SC Kosloski-Oh, ZA Wood, Y Manjarrez… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers (plastics) have transformed our lives by providing access to inexpensive and
versatile materials with a variety of useful properties. While polymers have improved our …

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 …

Thermochemical conversion of plastic waste into fuels, chemicals, and value‐added materials: a critical review and outlooks

RX Yang, K Jan, CT Chen, WT Chen… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plastic waste is an emerging environmental issue for our society. Critical action to tackle this
problem is to upcycle plastic waste as valuable feedstock. Thermochemical conversion of …

Nanocatalyzed upcycling of the plastic wastes for a circular economy

C Wang, H Han, Y Wu, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastics are now essential components in our daily life, but they have also raised a waste
crisis and environmental pollution issues. The traditional plastic waste treatments rely on …

Fast-growing field of magnetically recyclable nanocatalysts

D Wang, D Astruc - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Catalysis is a key component of “green chemistry”, and one of the urgently needed
challenges facing chemists now is the design and use of environmentally benign catalysts …

Chemical recycling processes of waste polyethylene terephthalate using solid catalysts

A Bohre, PR Jadhao, K Tripathi, KK Pant… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a non‐degradable single‐use plastic and a major
component of plastic waste in landfills. Chemical recycling is one of the most widely adopted …

Polyethylene Terephthalate Deconstruction Catalyzed by a Carbon‐Supported Single‐Site Molybdenum‐Dioxo Complex

Y Kratish, J Li, S Liu, Y Gao, TJ Marks - Angewandte Chemie, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is selectively depolymerized by a carbon‐supported single‐
site molybdenum‐dioxo catalyst to terephthalic acid (PTA) and ethylene. The solventless …