The vast majority of commodity plastics do not degrade and therefore they permanently
pollute the environment. At present, less than 20% of post-consumer plastic waste in …

The current global plastics economy is highly linear, with the exceptional performance and
low carbon footprint of polymeric materials at odds with dramatic increases in plastic waste …

Transforming how plastics are made, unmade, and remade through innovative research and
diverse partnerships that together foster environmental stewardship is critically important to …

Polyolefins are the largest-scale synthetic plastics and play a key role in modern society.
Their production consumes huge amounts of fossil-derived monomer feedstocks, which …

Renewable natural resources, such as plant oils, fatty acids, cellulose, and lignin, have been
widely pursued as precursors for manufacturing sustainable polymers. There are many …

Less than 10% of plastics are recycled worldwide, among which polyolefins, which form two-
thirds of all produced polymers, are the most discarded ones. This stems from the nonpolar …

Management of the plastic industry is a momentous challenge, one that pits enormous
societal benefits against an accumulating reservoir of nearly indestructible waste. A …

Constructing stable co-continuous morphology of commercial immiscible polymer blends
remains an ongoing challenge in terms of complex presynthetic routes, multiple parameter …

Plastics offer several advantages, but their production and disposal processes have severe
environmental implications. To overcome these issues, there is a need to switch from the …

Properly addressing the global issue of unsustainable plastic waste generation and
accumulation will require a confluence of technological breakthroughs on various fronts …