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Chemical recycling of PET to value-added products

Zixian Jia, Lin Gao, Lijiao Qin, Jianzhong Yin

2023RSC Sustainability77 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

This review has focused on the concept of upcycling, which involves utilizing PET waste as a raw material for the production of value-added products such as monomers, fine chemicals, hydrogen, or carbon materials.

Topics & Concepts

Raw materialValue addedValue (mathematics)Waste managementProduction (economics)Process engineeringChemistryComputer scienceOrganic chemistryEngineeringEconomicsMachine learningMacroeconomicsRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies