Plastic waste as pyrolysis feedstock for plastic oil production: a review

SH Chang - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Turning plastic waste into plastic oil by pyrolysis is one of the promising techniques to
eradicate plastic waste pollution and accelerate the circular economy of plastic materials …

Depolymerization within a Circular Plastics System

RA Clark, MP Shaver - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
The societal importance of plastics contrasts with the carelessness with which they are
disposed. Their superlative properties lead to economic and environmental efficiency, but …

Trash to Treasure: Photoreforming of Plastic Waste into Commodity Chemicals and Hydrogen over MoS2-Tipped CdS Nanorods

M Du, Y Zhang, S Kang, X Guo, Y Ma, M Xing… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Plastic valorization presents a significantly untapped opportunity to address environmental
issues while creating the necessary economic push for a circular carbon economy …

Understanding the structure–activity relationships in catalytic conversion of polyolefin plastics by zeolite-based catalysts: a critical review

Z Dong, W Chen, K Xu, Y Liu, J Wu, F Zhang - ACS catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyolefins, the largest used commodity plastics in the world, find extensive application in
many fields. However, most end up in landfills or incineration, leading to severe ecological …

Hydroformylation of pyrolysis oils to aldehydes and alcohols from polyolefin waste

H Li, J Wu, Z Jiang, J Ma, VM Zavala, CR Landis… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Waste plastics are an abundant feedstock for the production of renewable chemicals.
Pyrolysis of waste plastics produces pyrolysis oils with high concentrations of olefins (> 50 …

Assessing pyrolysis performance and product evolution of various medical wastes based on model-free and TG-FTIR-MS methods

F Ullah, G Ji, L Zhang, M Irfan, Z Fu, Z Manzoor… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a substantial rise in the amount of medical waste,
posing additional hurdles in waste management. Disposing of this waste properly is …

Microwave-assisted fluidized bed reactor pyrolysis of polypropylene plastic for pyrolysis gas production towards a sustainable development

Y Cui, Y Zhang, L Cui, Q Xiong, E Mostafa - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Conversion of plastic wastes into value added fuels is a good way for sustainable
development. In this study, microwave-assisted fluidized bed reactor pyrolysis of …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon nanotubes production from real-world waste plastics and the pyrolysis behaviour

Y Zhu, J Miao, Y Zhang, C Li, Y Wang, Y Cheng… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The investigation of the pyrolysis behaviour of real-world waste plastics (RWWP) and using
them as the feedstock to produce carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could serve as an effective …

Insight into pyrolysis mechanism of plastic waste with CO/CN bonds in the backbone

G Wang, Z Zhang, D Xu, B Xing, L Zhu… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis is an important method for efficiently recovering plastic monomers, fuels and
chemicals from plastic waste. The depolymerization of the backbone structure of plastic …

Low-temperature hydrothermal carbonization of pectin enabled by high pressure

S Yu, P Zhao, X Yang, Q Li, BA Mohamed… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pectin is an important component of biomass waste widely existing in the plant cell wall.
Hydrothermal carbonization of pectin can produce carbon materials for energy storage …