ReviewAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2020
Beyond Mechanical Recycling: Giving New Life to Plastic Waste.
Review in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 281 papers.
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281 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Unified Classification of Waste Plastic Chemical Recycling: Pyrolysis, Gasification, Depolymerization, and Dissolution.ChemSusChem · 2026Article
- Adsorption of Polyolefins from Alkanes on Alumina and Silica.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026Article
- One-Pot Chemical Upcycling of Polycarbonate and Poly(Propylene Carbonate) Waste to Value-Added and Bioactive Products.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Reusing Chemically Recycled Cross-Linked Matrix from Succinic Acid-Epoxidized Linseed Oil.ACS omega · 2026Article
- Titanium-Catalyzed Defluorination of Poly(Vinyl Fluoride) and Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) Under Friedel-Crafts Conditions.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Pilot-scale production and characterization of liquid fuel from mixed non-recyclable plastics for potential steam-generation applications.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Advances in amidases and urethanases as depolymerization biocatalysts.Nature chemical biology · 2026Review
- Valorization of Distilled Paint Waste as a Modifier of Polymer Matrices Based on ABS, PP and PS.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Acid-assisted depolymerization of RAFT-derived PMMA.Chemical science · 2026Article
- The selective and sequential chemical recycling of commodity polymers with imino-indole zinc(ii) catalysts.Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC · 2026Article
- Selective Sequential Depolymerization of Mixed Plastics Mediated by Photothermal Conversion.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Attractive NiAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- A lanthanum complex with 3,4,5,6-tetra-bromophthalate as ligand.Acta crystallographica. Section E, Crystallographic communications · 2026Article
- Process Design and Greenhouse Gas Analysis of an Electrified Mixed Plastic Waste-to-Olefins Value Chain.Industrial & engineering chemistry research · 2026Article
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- Visible light-triggered co-upcycling of polypropylene and polyethylene terephthalate using waste chlorinated solvents.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Recycling of Flexible Plastic Films: Emergent Technologies.Polymers · 2026Review
- Enhanced Formation of Dicarboxylic Acids in the Catalytic Oxidation of Polyethylene With OAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Upcycling Waste Expanded Polystyrene into Fe@Graphitic-Carbon Catalysts for Glycolytic Recycling of PET to BHET.Polymers · 2026Article
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Abstract
Increasing the stream of recycled plastic necessitates an approach beyond the traditional recycling via melting and re-extrusion. Various chemical recycling processes have great potential to enhance recycling rates. In this Review, a summary of the various chemical recycling routes and assessment via life-cycle analysis is complemented by an extensive list of processes developed by companies active in chemical recycling. We show that each of the currently available processes is applicable for specific plastic waste streams. Thus, only a combination of different technologies can address the plastic waste problem. Research should focus on more realistic, more contaminated and mixed waste streams, while collection and sorting infrastructure will need to be improved, that is, by stricter regulation. This Review aims to inspire both science and innovation for the production of higher value and quality products from plastic recycling suitable for reuse or valorization to create the necessary economic and environmental push for a circular economy.
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