Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42236936›Full record

ArticleNature2026

Analysis of trade-offs of post-sorting plastic packaging.

Alexandra Schmuck, Tiago G A Belé, Daniël Withoeck, Kevin M Van Geem, Kim Ragaert, Steven De Meester

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing 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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

6 authors.

Alexandra SchmuckLaboratory for Circular Process Engineering (LCPE), Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Kortrijk, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0335-5563
Tiago G A BeléChair of Aroma and Smell Research, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.
Daniël WithoeckLaboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT), Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5119-0009
Kevin M Van GeemLaboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT), Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4191-4960
Kim RagaertCircular Plastics, Department of Circular Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Steven De MeesterLaboratory for Circular Process Engineering (LCPE), Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Kortrijk, Belgium. Steven.DeMeester@UGent.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5246-3918

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing recycling rates requires not only better technologies but also smarter collection of plastic packaging waste

Identifiers

PMID42236936
PMCPMC13253328

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