[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 …

Towards high-quality petrochemical feedstocks from mixed plastic packaging waste via advanced recycling: The past, present and future

M Kusenberg, A Eschenbacher, L Delva… - Fuel Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Advanced plastic waste recycling via pyrolysis and subsequent steam cracking of pyrolysis
oils has the potential to partly close the cycle between the petrochemical production of …

Hydroformylation of pyrolysis oils to aldehydes and alcohols from polyolefin waste

H Li, J Wu, Z Jiang, J Ma, VM Zavala, CR Landis… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Waste plastics are an abundant feedstock for the production of renewable chemicals.
Pyrolysis of waste plastics produces pyrolysis oils with high concentrations of olefins (> 50 …

[HTML][HTML] How much can chemical recycling contribute to plastic waste recycling in Europe? An assessment using material flow analysis modeling

IS Lase, D Tonini, D Caro, PF Albizzati… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic recycling rate in Europe is low, urging developments in recycling technology and
strategies to increase circularity. Mechanical recycling (MR) has been the reference …

Sustainable transformation of end-of-life wind turbine blades: Advancing clean energy solutions in civil engineering through recycling and upcycling

W Zhang, H Yu, B Yin, A Akbar, KM Liew - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Decommissioning end-of-life wind turbine blades (EoL-WTBs) presents significant waste
management challenges. This comprehensive review explores the recycling of EoL-WTBs …

Catalytic conversion of model compounds of plastic pyrolysis oil over ZSM-5

S Dong, H Li, IK Bloede, AJ Al Abdulghani… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mechanistic investigation of the catalytic conversion of model compounds for plastic
pyrolysis oil (1-octene, octadiene, octane, and toluene) over ZSM-5 in a fixed-bed reactor …

Depolymerization within a Circular Plastics System

RA Clark, MP Shaver - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
The societal importance of plastics contrasts with the carelessness with which they are
disposed. Their superlative properties lead to economic and environmental efficiency, but …

Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment for catalytic fast pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste

G Yadav, A Singh, A Dutta, T Uekert… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Pyrolysis of waste plastics has gained interest as a candidate chemical recycling
technology. To examine the potential of this approach, we conducted a techno-economic …

Chemical recycling of plastic waste to monomers: Effect of catalyst contact time, acidity and pore size on olefin recovery in ex-situ catalytic pyrolysis of polyolefin waste

O Akin, RJ Varghese, A Eschenbacher… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The catalytic upgrading of post-consumer mixed polyolefinic waste pyrolysis vapors has
been studied over five different solid acid catalysts to understand the effect of vapor-catalyst …

Integrating a chemicals perspective into the global plastic treaty

Z Wang, A Praetorius - Environmental Science & Technology …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Driven by the growing concern about plastic pollution, countries have agreed to establish a
global plastic treaty addressing the full life cycle of plastics. However, while plastics are …