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ArticleChemSusChem2026

Catalytic Autoxidation for Depolymerization of Multilayer Plastic Films.

Ciaran W Lahive, Amy A Cuthbertson, Anna N Walsh, Sydney E Reiber, Hannah M Alt, Brenna A Black, Christopher Botello, Jason S DesVeaux, Spencer Lask, Clarissa Lincoln and 7 more

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Article in ChemSusChem, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Ciaran W LahiveRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Amy A CuthbertsonRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Anna N WalshRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Sydney E ReiberRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Hannah M AltRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Brenna A BlackRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Christopher BotelloRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Jason S DesVeauxRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Spencer LaskRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Clarissa LincolnRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
William E MichenerRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Joel MiscallRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Kelsey J RamirezRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Lisa M StanleyRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Sean P WoodworthRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.
Shannon S StahlBOTTLE Consortium, Golden, Colorado, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9000-7665
Gregg T BeckhamRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3480-212X

Funding

Bioenergy Technologies OfficeDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recycling multilayer plastic films is challenged by a diversity of polymers, prompting development of new recycling methods. For the depolymerization of mixed polymers like those in multilayer films, metal-catalyzed autoxidation offers a versatile chemical recycling method to deconstruct multiple polymers to useful oxygenates. Here, we demonstrate that catalytic autoxidation is effective for depolymerizing multilayer films across diverse chemistries. We investigated conditions for a model polyethylene substrate using a Co, Mn, and Br cocatalyst system, achieving full carbon closure with oxygenated small molecules contributing up to 48 mol% carbon. Subsequently, we characterized product distributions for several common polymers used in multilayer films using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and developed analytical methods to quantify the resulting complex product streams. Optimized conditions for polyethylene were applied to 11 multilayer plastic films containing 10 different polymers, including films with nonpolymeric potential disrupters like aluminum foil and titanium dioxide, showing that catalytic autoxidation is effective across a broad range of polymer types and is resistant to disrupters and additives. The generation of CO

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chemical recyclingmixed plastic wastenylonspolyolefins

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PMID41974194
PMCPMC13076016

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