[HTML][HTML] Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle-to-bottle recycling for the beverage industry: a review

P Benyathiar, P Kumar, G Carpenter, J Brace… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Disposal of plastic waste has become a widely discussed issue, due to the potential
environmental impact of improper waste disposal. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) …

Chemolytic depolymerisation of PET: a review

E Barnard, JJR Arias, W Thielemans - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Develo** new, alternative ways to recycle plastics is an important and pressing challenge
for industry and academy, given its significant impact on CO2 emissions as well as …

Rational design of chemical catalysis for plastic recycling

M Chu, Y Liu, X Lou, Q Zhang, J Chen - Acs Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Plastics are indispensable, but their pollution is triggering a global environmental crisis.
Although many end-of-life catalytic options have involved converting plastics into valuable …

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 …

The chemical recycling of polyesters for a circular plastics economy: challenges and emerging opportunities

J Payne, MD Jones - ChemSusChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Whilst plastics have played an instrumental role in human development, growing
environmental concerns have led to increasing public scrutiny and demands for outright …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical recycling of Polyethylene terephthalate: A mini-review

M Babaei, M Jalilian, K Shahbaz - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plastic waste management, particularly addressing the challenges of Polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) waste, has become increasingly urgent in the face of escalating …

Catalytic methods for chemical recycling or upcycling of commercial polymers

SC Kosloski-Oh, ZA Wood, Y Manjarrez… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers (plastics) have transformed our lives by providing access to inexpensive and
versatile materials with a variety of useful properties. While polymers have improved our …

Progress in the catalytic glycolysis of polyethylene terephthalate

J **n, Q Zhang, J Huang, R Huang, QZ Jaffery… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper briefly reviews the development history of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and
the recycling of PET. As one of the most promising way to degrade PET into oligomers and …

Thermochemical conversion of plastic waste into fuels, chemicals, and value‐added materials: a critical review and outlooks

RX Yang, K Jan, CT Chen, WT Chen… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plastic waste is an emerging environmental issue for our society. Critical action to tackle this
problem is to upcycle plastic waste as valuable feedstock. Thermochemical conversion of …

Catalytic depolymerization of polyester plastics toward closed-loop recycling and upcycling

Y Weng, CB Hong, Y Zhang, H Liu - Green Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Plastic waste is globally ubiquitous and ecologically harmful, but it can be recycled as an
abundant carbon source to alleviate worldwide heavy dependence on fossil resources and …