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ReviewPolymers2022

Plastic Waste Upcycling: A Sustainable Solution for Waste Management, Product Development, and Circular Economy.

Rajkamal Balu, Naba Kumar Dutta, Namita Roy Choudhury

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Review in Polymers, 2022. 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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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Sustainable upcycling of polyethylene waste to compatibilizers and valuable chemicals.Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rajkamal BaluChemical and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2748-8734
Naba Kumar DuttaChemical and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4800-1910
Namita Roy ChoudhuryChemical and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9010-8506

Funding

Australian Research Council IH200100010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plastic waste pollution, including non-biodegradable landfills, leaching of toxic chemicals into soil and waterways, and emission of toxic gases into the atmosphere, is significantly affecting our environment. Conventional plastic waste recycling approaches generally produce lower value materials compared to the original plastic or recover inefficient heat energy. Lately, upcycling or the valorization approach has emerged as a sustainable solution to transform plastic waste into value-added products. In this review, we present an overview of recent advancements in plastic waste upcycling, such as vitrimerization, nanocomposite fabrication, additive manufacturing, catalytic transformation, and industrial biotechnology, envisaged with technical challenges, future developments, and new circular economy opportunities.

Indexed as

3D printingaromatic productsbiopolymerscircular economynanocompositesplastic wastesustainabilityupcyclingvitrimers

Identifiers

PMID36432915
PMCPMC9694193

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