Global development has been heavily reliant on the overexploitation of natural resources
since the Industrial Revolution. With the extensive use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and other …

Biodegradable plastics are among the most promising materials to replace conventional
petroleum-based plastics that have caused many adverse impacts on the environment, such …

Bio-based compounds with unique chemical functionality can be obtained through selective
transformations of plant and other non-fossil, biogenic feedstocks for the development of …

The introduction of the E Factor in 1992 focussed attention on the problem of waste
generation, defined as everything but the desired product, in chemicals manufacture and …

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 …

This article reviews the advances made over the past five decades of research in developing
effective chemocatalytic pathways to synthesize polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a prominent …

The ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of epoxides with CO2 or cyclic anhydrides is a
versatile route toward synthesizing a wide range of polycarbonate and polyester …

In recent year, there has been increasing concern about the growing amount of plastic waste
coming from daily life. Different kinds of synthetic plastics are currently used for an extensive …

Plastics are fossil fuel-derived products. The emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) during
different processes involved in the lifecycle of plastic-related products are a significant threat …

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 …