ReviewChemSusChem2021
The Chemical Recycling of Polyesters for a Circular Plastics Economy: Challenges and Emerging Opportunities.
Review in ChemSusChem, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.
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Who cites it
62 citing papers in PubMed.
- Sustainable Diepoxide Monomers for Polyoxazolidinone-Based High-Performance Thermoplastics.ChemSusChem · 2026Article
- Sustainable Recovery of Dibutyl Terephthalate from Aromatic Polyester Waste via Solvothermal Alcoholysis.Inorganic chemistry · 2026Article
- Transition Metal-Catalyzed Chemical Recycling and Upcycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate.ChemSusChem · 2026Review
- Recycling of Flexible Plastic Films: Emergent Technologies.Polymers · 2026Review
- Biobased Carbohydrate-Based Linear Aliphatic Polyesters Containing Acetyl-Protected Sorbitol, Mannitol, and Xylitol: Synthesis and Their Thermal, Tensile Properties.ACS polymers Au · 2026Article
- Recoverable macroporous polyanion bead catalysts for scalable continuous chemical depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Synergistic Supramolecular Activation and Dynamic Alkalinity Replenishing for Sustainable Recycling of Ester-Containing Plastics.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Beyond fossil plastics: next-generation PLA-based bio-packaging for industrial applications - advances, challenges, and data-driven insights.RSC advances · 2026Review
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- Bead mill-driven acceleration in catalytic methanolysis reaction of poly(ethylene terephthalate) toward low-energy chemical recycling of polymers.Chemical science · 2026Article
- Effect of Middle Diol Repeat Units in Biobased Aliphatic Polyesters on Thermal and Tensile Properties.ACS omega · 2026Article
- Coelectrolysis of PET and COACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026Article
- All-Round Talent: Unique Zinc Guanidine Catalyst Performs Efficiently in Synthesis and Chemical Recycling of (Bio)Polyesters.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Photo-initiated solvent-mediated depolymerization of consumer poly(methyl methacrylate) without chlorinated reagents.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Depolymerization of PLA catalyzed by guanidine-modified microgels.Chemical science · 2025Article
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- Depolymerized Poly(ethylene-2,5-furanoate) as a Sustainable Feedstock for Biobased Unsaturated Polyester Resins.Macromolecules · 2025Article
- Crystallization of Biobased Long-Chain Aliphatic Polyesters as Sustainable Polymers: Effects of the Diol Structure in the Monomer Unit.Biomacromolecules · 2025Article
2 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Whilst plastics have played an instrumental role in human development, growing environmental concerns have led to increasing public scrutiny and demands for outright bans. This has stimulated considerable research into renewable alternatives, and more recently, the development of alternative waste management strategies. Herein, the aim was to highlight recent developments in the catalytic chemical recycling of two commercial polyesters, namely poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET). The concept of chemical recycling is first introduced, and associated opportunities/challenges are discussed within the context of the governing depolymerisation thermodynamics. Chemical recycling methods for PLA and PET are then discussed, with a particular focus on upcycling and the use of metal-based catalysts. Finally, the attention shifts to the emergence of new materials with the potential to modernise the plastics economy. Emerging opportunities and challenges are discussed within the context of industrial feasibility.
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