A research team led by Professor Kotohiro Nomura from Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed a method for the depolymerization of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) using alcohols and an ...

Substantial efforts are being made to advance recycling technologies, transforming discarded plastics into raw materials that can be reused. Chemical recycling emerges as a major frontier in this ...

-Process enables the efficient recycling of PMMA-based materials -Scheduled to be commissioned Q1 2024 in Rho, Italy -Supports continued transformation of the company’s portfolio to focus on ...

Depolymerization process. By employing high pressure, reactor operators can achieve highly efficient depolymerization of polyethylene (PE) of varying densities or polypropylene (PP). The pressure ...

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

Lignin (an aromatic macromolecule in biomass), the only renewable source of aromatics, is currently treated as waste and under-utilized. A more appealing and value-added use of lignin is as a ...

Lignin, a renewable aromatic biopolymer with complex three-dimensional networks and diverse functional groups, represents a promising sustainable feedstock for value-added chemicals and fuels. However ...

Lake County Board members went back and forth Tuesday over language in the Solid Waste Management Plan Update on a technology taking the recycling world by storm, “depolymerization,” a type of plastic ...

Lignin depolymerization is playing a pivotal role in transforming the second most abundant biopolymers in nature into many valuable chemicals/fuels. This route could directly replace their ...

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