ReviewACS polymers Au2023
Enabling the Polymer Circular Economy: Innovations in Photoluminescent Labeling of Plastic Waste for Enhanced Sorting.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
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- An Advanced CNN-Based Framework for the Automated Detection of Uncovered PET in Recycling Streams.Polymers · 2025Article
- Industrial and Laboratory Technologies for the Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste.ACS catalysis · 2024Review
- Waste Study on Flexible Food and Non-Food Packaging: Detailed Analysis of the Plastic Composition of European Polyethylene-Containing Waste Streams.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Review and Assessment of Existing and Future Techniques for Traceability with Particular Focus on Applicability to ABS Plastics.Polymers · 2024Review
- Polymer up-cycling by mangana-electrocatalytic C(spChemical science · 2023Article
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Abstract
It is widely accepted that moving from a linear to circular economy for plastics will be beneficial to reduce plastic pollution in our environment and to prevent loss of material value. However, challenges within the sorting of plastic waste often lead to contaminated waste streams that can devalue recyclates and hinder reprocessing. Therefore, the improvement of the sorting of plastic waste can lead to dramatic improvements in recyclate quality and enable circularity for plastics. Here, we discuss current sorting methods for plastic waste and review labeling techniques to enable enhanced sorting of plastic recyclates. Photoluminescent-based labeling is discussed in detail, including UV-vis organic and inorganic photoluminescent markers, infrared up-conversion, and X-ray fluorescent markers. Methods of incorporating labels within packaging, such as extrusion, surface coatings, and incorporation within external labels are also discussed. Additionally, we highlight some practical models for implementing some of the sorting techniques and provide an outlook for this growing field of research.
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