Progress and perspective for conversion of plastic wastes into valuable chemicals

K Zheng, Y Wu, Z Hu, S Wang, X Jiao, J Zhu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Today, discarded plastics in nature have caused serious “white pollution”, however these
plastic wastes contain abundant carbon resources that could serve as the feedstock to …

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 …

A review on catalytic pyrolysis of plastic wastes to high-value products

Y Peng, Y Wang, L Ke, L Dai, Q Wu, K Cobb… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the continuous increase of plastic wastes and the decrease of fossil energy, pyrolysis
has emerged as a promising technology for the valorization of plastic wastes to produce …

A review on pyrolysis of plastic wastes

SDA Sharuddin, F Abnisa, WMAW Daud… - Energy conversion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The global plastic production increased over years due to the vast applications of plastics in
many sectors. The continuous demand of plastics caused the plastic wastes accumulation in …

Current technologies for plastic waste treatment: A review

F Zhang, Y Zhao, D Wang, M Yan, J Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional nonbiodegradable plastic waste (NPW) treatment technologies include landfill
and incineration, which face bottlenecks and cannot solve NPW problems effectively …

[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 …

A review on thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of plastic solid waste (PSW)

SM Al-Salem, A Antelava, A Constantinou… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Transport fuel from waste plastics pyrolysis–A review on technologies, challenges and opportunities

MI Jahirul, MG Rasul, D Schaller, MMK Khan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite extensive research in recent years and great potential to help with energy and
waste management issues, thermochemical conversion technologies of mixed waste …

Catalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste: A review

R Miandad, MA Barakat, AS Aburiazaiza… - Process Safety and …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Pyrolysis of polypropylene plastic waste into carbonaceous char: Priority of plastic waste management amidst COVID-19 pandemic

MM Harussani, SM Sapuan, U Rashid… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 global pandemic, originated from Wuhan, resulted in a massive increase in the
output of polypropylene (PP)-based personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare …