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 …

Chemical recycling of waste plastics for new materials production

AR Rahimi, JM García - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Once referred to as 'materials of 1,000 uses', plastics meet demands in everything from
clothing and automotive sectors to the manufacturing of medical equipment and electronics …

Upcycling single-use polyethylene into high-quality liquid products

G Celik, RM Kennedy, RA Hackler… - ACS central …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Our civilization relies on synthetic polymers for all aspects of modern life; yet, inefficient
recycling and extremely slow environmental degradation of plastics are causing increasing …

100th Anniversary of macromolecular science viewpoint: Toward catalytic chemical recycling of waste (and future) plastics

JC Worch, AP Dove - ACS Macro Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The current global materials economy has long been inefficient due to unproductive reuse
and recycling efforts. Within the wider materials portfolio, plastics have been revolutionary to …

Chemical recycling of plastic waste via thermocatalytic routes

J Lee, EE Kwon, SS Lam, WH Chen, J Rinklebe… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of plastics is closely associated with modern life. However, plastics are very slowly
degraded in nature, and current recycling of used plastic materials is inefficient, which raises …

The use of heterogeneous catalysis in the chemical valorization of plastic waste

LO Mark, MC Cendejas, I Hermans - ChemSusChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plastic solid waste (PSW) is an ever‐growing environmental challenge for our society, as it
not only ends up in landfills but also in waterways and oceans and is consequently entering …

Thermochemical routes for the valorization of waste polyolefinic plastics to produce fuels and chemicals. A review

G Lopez, M Artetxe, M Amutio, J Bilbao… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The continuous increase in the generation of waste plastics together with the need for
developing more sustainable waste management policies have promoted a great research …

Depolymerization of hydroxylated polymers via light-driven C–C bond cleavage

ST Nguyen, EA McLoughlin, JH Cox… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The accumulation of persistent plastic waste in the environment is widely recognized as an
ecological crisis. New chemical technologies are necessary both to recycle existing plastic …

Metal-catalyzed plastic depolymerization

KV Khopade, SH Chikkali, N Barsu - Cell Reports Physical Science, 2023 - cell.com
Polymers have become an indispensable part of our daily lives, and today we produce
around 370 MT of plastic per year. Only about 20% of it is being recycled, and the rest, 80 …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of nickel-impregnated zeolite catalysts for hydrogen/syngas production from the catalytic reforming of waste polyethylene

D Yao, H Yang, H Chen, PT Williams - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018 - Elsevier
Catalytic steam reforming of waste high density polyethylene for the production of
hydrogen/syngas has been investigated using different zeolite supported nickel catalysts in …