Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges
Houqian Li, Horacio A. Aguirre‐Villegas, Robert D. Allen, Xianglan Bai, Craig H. Benson, Gregg T. Beckham, Sabrina L. Bradshaw, Jessica L. Brown, Robert C. Brown, Victor S. Cecon, Julia B. Curley, Greg W. Curtzwiler, Son Dong, Soumika Gaddameedi, John E. García, Ive Hermans, Min Soo Kim, Jiaze Ma, Lesli O. Mark, Manos Mavrikakis, Olumide O. Olafasakin, Tim A. Osswald, Konstantinos G. Papanikolaou, Harish Radhakrishnan, Marco A. Sánchez-Castillo, Kevin L. Sánchez‐Rivera, Khairun N. Tumu, Reid C. Van Lehn, Keith Vorst, Mark Mba Wright, Jiayang Wu, Víctor M. Zavala, Panzheng Zhou, George W. Huber
Abstract
This paper reviewed the entire life cycle of plastics and options for the management of plastic waste to address barriers to industrial chemical recycling and further provide perceptions on possible opportunities with such materials.