Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges

H Li, HA Aguirre-Villegas, RD Allen, X Bai… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Less than 10% of the plastics generated globally are recycled, while the rest are incinerated,
accumulated in landfills, or leak into the environment. New technologies are emerging to …

Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

LD Ellis, NA Rorrer, KP Sullivan, M Otto… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Plastics pollution is causing an environmental crisis, prompting the development of new
approaches for recycling, and upcycling. Here, we review challenges and opportunities in …

Characterization and engineering of a two-enzyme system for plastics depolymerization

BC Knott, E Erickson, MD Allen… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Plastics pollution represents a global environmental crisis. In response, microbes are
evolving the capacity to utilize synthetic polymers as carbon and energy sources. Recently …

Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels

LR Lynd, GT Beckham, AM Guss… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Develo** economically viable, scalable, and sustainable technologies for the conversion
of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to liquid fuels is widely seen as a centerpiece of the …

Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism

A Tennakoon, X Wu, AL Paterson, S Patnaik, Y Pei… - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
The overconsumption of single-use plastics is creating a global waste catastrophe, with
widespread environmental, economic and health-related consequences. Here we show that …

Lignocellulosic biorefineries: the current state of challenges and strategies for efficient commercialization

Z Usmani, M Sharma, AK Awasthi, T Lukk… - … and sustainable energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant and sustainable feedstock available globally.
As a source of the polysaccharides, cellulose and hemicellulose, it can be converted into …

Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase

HP Austin, MD Allen, BS Donohoe… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) is one of the most abundantly produced synthetic
polymers and is accumulating in the environment at a staggering rate as discarded …

[PDF][PDF] Applications of microbial enzymes in food industry

S Raveendran, B Parameswaran… - Food technology and …, 2018 - hrcak.srce.hr
The use of enzymes or microorganisms in food preparations is an age-old process. With the
advancement of technology, novel enzymes with wide range of applications and specificity …

[HTML][HTML] What are the 100 most cited fungal genera?

CS Bhunjun, YJ Chen, C Phukhamsakda… - Studies in …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Size-controlled nanoparticles embedded in a mesoporous architecture leading to efficient and selective hydrogenolysis of polyolefins

X Wu, A Tennakoon, R Yappert, M Esveld… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A catalytic architecture, comprising a mesoporous silica shell surrounding platinum
nanoparticles (NPs) supported on a solid silica sphere (mSiO2/Pt-X/SiO2; X is the mean NP …