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 …

The large production volumes of commodity polyolefins (specifically, polyethylene,
polypropylene, polystyrene, and poly (vinyl chloride)), in conjunction with their low unit …

Polyolefins are the most important and largest volume plastics produced. Unfortunately, the
enormous use of plastics and lack of effective disposal or recycling options have created a …

Chemical repurposing has emerged as a promising route to valorize “end-of-use” plastic
waste and mitigate its release to the environment. In this work, we applied silica-supported …

Polyolefins (POs, ie, polyethylenes, ethylene/α-olefin copolymers, and polypropylenes) are
the most ubiquitous synthetic macromolecular materials in modern life. Their widespread …

Ethylene/α-olefin copolymers are produced in huge scale and widely used, but their after-
use disposal has caused plastic pollution problems. Their chemical inertness made …

Upcycling nonbiodegradable plastics such as polyolefins is paramount due to their ever-
increasing demand and landfills after usage. Catalytic hydrogenolysis is highly appealing to …

Earth-abundant metals have recently been demonstrated as cheap catalyst alternatives to
scarce noble metals for polyethylene hydrogenolysis. However, high methane selectivities …

The huge scale of plastic waste generation and its environmental consequences drive the
demands for catalytic plastic upcycling processes. Here, we report efficient polypropylene …

Single-use plastics are ubiquitous throughout modern society because they have properties
that make them desirable in a wide variety of applications, including low cost of production …