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Plastic Recycling

Plastic Recycling is a materials recovery process that specifically involves the collection, sorting, reprocessing, and conversion of waste plastic into reusable raw materials or products, distinguished from other recycling streams by its focus on synthetic polymer-based waste.

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2017–2026

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Plastics Recycling

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An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

Vincent Tournier, Christopher M. Topham, A. Gilles et al. · Nature · 2020 · 2.1K citations

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The future of plastics recycling

Jeannette M. Garcı́a, Megan L. Robertson · Science · 2017 · 1.3K citations

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Recycling of plastic solid waste: A state of art review and future applications

Narinder Singh, David Hui, Rupinder Singh et al. · Composites Part B Engineering · 2016 · 1.2K citations

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Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

Lucas D. Ellis, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Kevin P. Sullivan et al. · Nature Catalysis · 2021 · 1.1K citations

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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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Authors

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  1. SD
    Steven De Meester

    Ghent University, Belgium

    15 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. KM
    Kevin M. Van Geem

    Ghent University, Belgium

    16 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. FP
    Francesco Paolo La Mantia

    University of Palermo, Italy

    15 publications · 616 citations

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  4. KR
    Kim Ragaert

    Ghent University, Belgium

    13 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. GB
    Giuseppe Bonifazi

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    10 publications · 306 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    28 h-index

    109 publications

    8.6K citations

  2. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    23 h-index

    113 publications

    17.7K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    68 publications

    35.8K citations

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    17 h-index

    46 publications

    2.7K citations

  5. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    16 h-index

    48 publications

    4.5K citations

  6. University of Palermo

    Palermo, Italy

    15 h-index

    34 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. Sichuan University

    Chengdu, China

    13 h-index

    60 publications

    3K citations

  8. Michigan Technological University

    Houghton, United States

    13 h-index

    42 publications

    5.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Waste Management

    85 publications · 6.7K citations

    45

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  2. Resources Conservation and Recycling

    64 publications · 5.6K citations

    42

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  3. Journal of Cleaner Production

    47 publications · 4.1K citations

    34

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  4. Polymer Degradation and Stability

    37 publications · 2.3K citations

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  5. Green Chemistry

    GC · 26 publications · 2.8K citations

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