Pyrolysis technology for plastic waste recycling: A state-of-the-art review

L Dai, N Zhou, Y Lv, Y Cheng, Y Wang, Y Liu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Discarded plastics can be converted to various fuels and chemicals to generate positive
economic value instead of polluting the environment. In the past few years, pyrolysis has …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities of light olefin production via thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of end-of-life polyolefins: Towards full recyclability

MS Abbas-Abadi, Y Ureel, A Eschenbacher… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Is full recyclability of polyolefins via chemical recycling a dream, or can it become a reality?
The main problem in recycling plastic waste is that its composition is highly heterogeneous …

Light olefin synthesis from a diversity of renewable and fossil feedstocks: state-of the-art and outlook

SA Chernyak, M Corda, JP Dath… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Light olefins are important feedstocks and platform molecules for the chemical industry.
Their synthesis has been a research priority in both academia and industry. There are many …

Why is recycling of postconsumer plastics so challenging?

BD Vogt, KK Stokes, SK Kumar - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
The ubiquitous use of plastics has been driven by their combination of low cost and
properties, but these attributes directly challenge waste management schemes for plastic …

Beyond mechanical recycling: giving new life to plastic waste

I Vollmer, MJF Jenks, MCP Roelands… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing the stream of recycled plastic necessitates an approach beyond the traditional
recycling via melting and re‐extrusion. Various chemical recycling processes have great …

Review on synergistic effects during co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic waste: Significance of operating conditions and interaction mechanism

SBE Esso, Z **ong, W Chaiwat, MF Kamara… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The quantity of organic solid waste (OSW) discharged by the public has increased
significantly in recent years. Herein, we consider bio-waste and plastic waste. Bio-waste …

Catalytic pyrolysis as a platform technology for supporting the circular carbon economy

CJ Wrasman, AN Wilson, OD Mante, K Iisa, A Dutta… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Catalytic pyrolysis, a process that combines pyrolysis and vapour-phase catalytic upgrading,
is a versatile technology platform capable of direct liquefaction of biomass and waste plastic …

Waste tyre valorization by catalytic pyrolysis–A review

M Arabiourrutia, G Lopez, M Artetxe, J Alvarez… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The environmental concern associated with waste tyre disposal and the necessity of
sustainable waste management policies has promoted the development of waste tyre …

Recent trends in the pyrolysis of non‐degradable waste plastics

SH Gebre, MG Sendeku, M Bahri - ChemistryOpen, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Waste plastics are non‐degradable constituents that can stay in the environment for
centuries. Their large land space consumption is unsafe to humans and animals …

Evaluation of thermochemical routes for hydrogen production from biomass: A review

A Arregi, M Amutio, G Lopez, J Bilbao… - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
H 2 is regarded as one of the cleanest future energy carrier that can be generated from
renewable sources and will give rise to a reduction of CO 2 emissions and environmental …