Greener routes for recycling of polyethylene terephthalate
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In this paper, different routes for recycling of polyethylene terephthalate are reviewed and the impact of the new recyclable catalysts such as ionic liquids on the future developments in the chemical recycling of PET is discussed.About:
This article is published in Egyptian Journal of Petroleum.The article was published on 2016-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 305 citations till now.read more
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Beyond Mechanical Recycling: Giving New Life to Plastic Waste
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TL;DR: This Review aims to inspire both science and innovation for the production of higher value and quality products from plastic recycling suitable for reuse or valorization to create the necessary economic and environmental push for a circular economy.
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A high-performance protocol for extraction of microplastics in fish.
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TL;DR: Treating biological materials with a 10% KOH solution and incubating at 40°C was both time and cost-effective, efficient in digesting biological materials, and had no impact on the integrity of the plastic polymers.
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TL;DR: In this article, the challenges and opportunities associated with the catalytic transformation of waste plastics, looking at both chemical and biological approaches to transforming such spent materials into a resource, are explored and compared.
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Current developments in chemical recycling of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate wastes for new materials production: A review
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TL;DR: In this article, a review of divergent chemical depolymerization routes for reprocessing chemically synthesis polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics bottle waste and offer resolutions to control the environmental complications emanating attributable to its utilize and disposal to the habitat.
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