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 …

Chemical recycling of mixed textile waste

E Andini, P Bhalode, E Gantert, S Sadula… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Globally, less than 0.5% of postconsumer textile waste is recycled, with the majority
incinerated or ending up in landfills. Most postconsumer textiles are mixed fibers …

Synthesis of poly (ethylene terephthalate) based on glycolysis of waste PET fiber

Y Hu, Y Wang, X Zhang, J Qian, X Xing… - … Science, Part A, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Glycolysis, which is one of the most promising chemical recycling routes for waste poly
(ethylene terephthalate)(PET), has been drawing increased industrial interests in recent …

Optimisation of PET glycolysis by applying recyclable heterogeneous organocatalysts

Z Fehér, J Kiss, P Kisszékelyi, J Molnár, P Huszthy… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical depolymerisation, or solvolysis, can be a sustainable plastic recycling method, as
a circular economy can be achieved by recovering the pure monomers. Polyethylene …

Controlling PET oligomers vs monomers via microwave-induced heating and swelling

S Najmi, BC Vance, E Selvam, D Huang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and fibers, and their subsequent
mismanagement, have created an urgent need to develop strategies to handle the resulting …

Controlled alcoholysis of PET to obtain oligomers for the preparation of PET-PLA copolymer

P Fang, X Lu, Q Zhou, D Yan, J Xin, J Xu, C Shi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Controlled degradation of macromolecules or natural macromolecules is important for their
subsequent utilization. Normally, it is easier to degrade them to monomers than to oligomers …

Upcycling of PET oligomers from chemical recycling processes to PHA by microbial co-cultivation

P Liu, Y Zheng, Y Yuan, Y Han, T Su, Q Qi - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is the most widely consumed polyester plastic and can be
recycled by many chemical processes, of which glycolysis is most cost-effective and …

Recent developments and perspectives of recycled poly (ethylene terephthalate)-based membranes: A Review

K Kirshanov, R Toms, G Aliev, A Naumova, P Melnikov… - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Post-consumer poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) waste disposal is an important task of
modern industry, and the development of new PET-based value added products and …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization and kinetic evaluation for glycolytic depolymerization of post-consumer PET waste with sodium methoxide

S Javed, J Fisse, D Vogt - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glycolysis of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste is a promising chemical
recycling technique, back to the monomer, bis (2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET). This …

Glycolysis optimisation of different complex PET waste with recovery and reuse of ethylene glycol

A Aguado, L Becerra, L Martínez - Chemical Papers, 2023 - Springer
The poly (ethylene terephthalate) is a thermoplastic polyester, non-degradable in the
environment that due to the huge amount of waste generated and accumulated in landfills …