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 …

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 …

Conventional nonbiodegradable plastic waste (NPW) treatment technologies include landfill
and incineration, which face bottlenecks and cannot solve NPW problems effectively …

Polyolefins, the largest used commodity plastics in the world, find extensive application in
many fields. However, most end up in landfills or incineration, leading to severe ecological …

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 …

Plastic plays an important role in our daily lives due to its versatility, light weight and low
production cost. Plastics became essential in many sectors such as construction, medical …

The disposal of plastic waste is currently one of the major global issues affecting
environmental balance and mankind. It is therefore crucial to turn waste plastic into value …

This paper reviews the progress and challenges of the catalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste
along with future perspectives in comparison to thermal pyrolysis. The factors affecting the …

The present rate of economic growth is unsustainable without saving of fossil energy like
crude oil, natural gas or coal. Thus mankind has to rely on the alternate/renewable energy …

In recent years, there has been an increase in the amount of attention paid in published
scientific works to the problems that waste plastics, and the associated issues cause in the …