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Mechanical Recycling

Mechanical Recycling is a polymer recycling method that involves the physical processing of post-consumer or post-industrial plastic waste into reusable materials without altering the chemical structure of the polymer.

450

Publications

26.1K

Citations

1.5K

Authors

472

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

340

Variants

Physical Recycling

Parents

Publications

450

Advances and approaches for chemical recycling of plastic waste

Timmy Thiounn, Rhett C. Smith · Journal of Polymer Science · 2020 · 826 citations · Full text

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Managing Plastic Waste─Sorting, Recycling, Disposal, and Product Redesign

Jean‐Paul Lange · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2021 · 607 citations · Full text

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Life cycle environmental impacts of chemical recycling via pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste in comparison with mechanical recycling and energy recovery

Harish Kumar Jeswani, Christian Krüger, Manfred Russ et al. · The Science of The Total Environment · 2021 · 572 citations · Full text

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Plastic recycling in additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review and opportunities for the circular economy

Fabio A. Cruz Sanchez, Hakim Boudaoud, Maurício Camargo et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production · 2020 · 409 citations · Full text

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From waste plastics to industrial raw materials: A life cycle assessment of mechanical plastic recycling practice based on a real-world case study

Jianfeng Guo, Wujie Zhang, Peter A. Summers et al. · The Science of The Total Environment · 2017 · 408 citations

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Authors

1.5K

  1. MD
    M.U. de la Orden

    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

    11 publications · 604 citations

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  2. KR
    Kim Ragaert

    Ghent University, Belgium

    11 publications · 714 citations

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  3. JM
    Joaquín Martínez Urreaga

    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

    10 publications · 578 citations

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  4. FR
    Freddys R. Beltrán

    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

    10 publications · 587 citations

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  5. SD
    Steven De Meester

    Ghent University, Belgium

    8 publications · 760 citations

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Institutions

472

  1. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    17 h-index

    73 publications

    5.2K citations

  2. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    12 h-index

    53 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    670 citations

  4. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Johannes Kepler University of Linz

    Linz, Austria

    8 h-index

    32 publications

    965 citations

  8. University of Palermo

    Palermo, Italy

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    685 citations

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Venues

  1. Polymers

    26 publications · 866 citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Polymer Science

    16 publications · 555 citations

    14

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  3. Polymer Degradation and Stability

    14 publications · 1.3K citations

    14

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  4. Resources Conservation and Recycling

    14 publications · 1.4K citations

    14

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  5. Sustainability

    14 publications · 857 citations

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