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Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges
Green Chemistry
2022
511 citations
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Houqian Li,
Horacio A. Aguirre‐Villegas,
Robert D. Allen,
Xianglan Bai,
Craig H. Benson,
Gregg T. Beckham,
Sabrina L. Bradshaw,
Jessica L. Brown,
Robert C. Brown,
Victor S. Cecon,
Julia B. Curley,
Greg W. Curtzwiler,
Son Dong,
Soumika Gaddameedi,
John E. García,
Ive Hermans,
Min Soo Kim,
Jiaze Ma,
Lesli O. Mark,
Manos Mavrikakis,
Olumide O. Olafasakin,
Tim A. Osswald,
Konstantinos G. Papanikolaou,
Harish Radhakrishnan,
Marco A. Sánchez-Castillo,
Kevin L. Sánchez‐Rivera,
Khairun N. Tumu,
Reid C. Van Lehn,
Keith Vorst,
Mark Mba Wright,
Jiayang Wu,
Víctor M. Zavala,
Panzheng Zhou,
George W. Huber
Summary
This review examined the full life cycle of plastics and evaluated options for managing plastic waste, with a focus on chemical recycling technologies. The study suggests that overcoming barriers to industrial chemical recycling could open new opportunities for reducing plastic pollution.
This paper reviewed the entire life cycle of plastics and options for the management of plastic waste to address barriers to industrial chemical recycling and further provide perceptions on possible opportunities with such materials.