ReviewChemSusChem2021
Biocatalysis in the Recycling Landscape for Synthetic Polymers and Plastics towards Circular Textiles.
Review in ChemSusChem, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed.
- Selective Degradation of Polyurethanes in Mixed Plastic Wastes via Ir-Catalyzed Hydrogenolysis.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Selective Elastane Removal Using DMSO-DBN Under Moderate Temperatures: From Pure Filaments to Cotton/Polyester Blends.Polymers · 2025Article
- The discovery of new metagenomic urethanases utilising a novel colorimetric assay for applications in the biodegradation of polyurethanes.Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC · 2025Article
- Chemoenzymatic synthesis.Communications chemistry · 2025Article
- Enzyme-displaying spores as a novel strategy for mixed fiber textile recycling.Frontiers in systems biology · 2025Review
- PUR-GEN: A web server for automated generation of polyurethane fragment libraries.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
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- Bottlenecks in biobased approaches to plastic degradation.Nature communications · 2024Review
- Identification and characterization of a fungal cutinase-like enzyme CpCut1 fromApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- Market assessment to improve fibre recycling within the EU textile sector.Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2024Article
- Chemoenzymatic Photoreforming: A Sustainable Approach for Solar Fuel Generation from Plastic Feedstocks.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023Article
- Mechanistic studies of a lipase unveil effect of pH on hydrolysis products of small PET modules.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Mechanical Properties of Ternary Composite from Waste Leather Fibers and Waste Polyamide Fibers with Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber.Polymers · 2023Article
- Microbial Enzyme Biotechnology to Reach Plastic Waste Circularity: Current Status, Problems and Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Multiple Substrate Binding Mode-Guided Engineering of a Thermophilic PET Hydrolase.ACS catalysis · 2022Article
- Mechanism-Based Design of Efficient PET Hydrolases.ACS catalysis · 2022Review
- Biocatalysis in the Recycling Landscape for Synthetic Polymers and Plastics towards Circular Textiles.ChemSusChem · 2021Review
- Prospects of Using Biocatalysis for the Synthesis and Modification of Polymers.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
Although recovery of fibers from used textiles with retained material quality is desired, separation of individual components from polymer blends used in today's complex textile materials is currently not available at viable scale. Biotechnology could provide a solution to this pressing problem by enabling selective depolymerization of recyclable fibers of natural and synthetic origin, to isolate constituents or even recover monomers. We compiled experimental data for biocatalytic polymer degradation with a focus on synthetic polymers with hydrolysable links and calculated conversion rates to explore this path The analysis emphasizes that we urgently need major research efforts: beyond cellulose-based fibers, biotechnological-assisted depolymerization of plastics so far only works for polyethylene terephthalate, with degradation of a few other relevant synthetic polymer chains being reported. In contrast, by analyzing market data and emerging trends for synthetic fibers in the textile industry, in combination with numbers from used garment collection and sorting plants, it was shown that the use of difficult-to-recycle blended materials is rapidly growing. If the lack of recycling technology and production trend for fiber blends remains, a volume of more than 3400 Mt of waste will have been accumulated by 2030. This work highlights the urgent need to transform the textile industry from a biocatalytic perspective.
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