Less than 10% of the plastics generated globally are recycled, while the rest are incinerated,
accumulated in landfills, or leak into the environment. New technologies are emerging to …

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 …

Plastics are indispensable, but their pollution is triggering a global environmental crisis.
Although many end-of-life catalytic options have involved converting plastics into valuable …

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 …

Summary Approximately 80% of the> 350 Mt of plastics produced annually is turned into
waste, which equals 30% of the European electricity consumption. Chemocatalytic …

Whilst plastics have played an instrumental role in human development, growing
environmental concerns have led to increasing public scrutiny and demands for outright …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Waste plastics have posed enormous to the environment, but their recycling, especially
polyethylene terephthalate plastics, was still a huge challenge. Here, CdS/CeO 2 was used …