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Plastic Waste Sorting

Plastic Waste Sorting is a systematic process within plastics recovery that involves the classification and separation of heterogeneous plastic waste streams into distinct categories based on polymer type, physical characteristics, or contamination levels to enable efficient recycling and resource recovery.

127

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7.3K

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476

Authors

166

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2017–2026

91

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Publications

127

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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Why is Recycling of Postconsumer Plastics so Challenging?

Bryan D. Vogt, Kristoffer K. Stokes, Sanat K. Kumar · ACS Applied Polymer Materials · 2021 · 358 citations

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Detailed Analysis of the Composition of Selected Plastic Packaging Waste Products and Its Implications for Mechanical and Thermochemical Recycling

Martijn Roosen, Nicolas Mys, Marvin Kusenberg et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2020 · 319 citations · Full text

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Recycling of post-consumer plastic packaging waste in the EU: Recovery rates, material flows, and barriers

Ioannis Antonopoulos, Giorgia Faraca, Davide Tonini · Waste Management · 2021 · 288 citations · Full text

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Plastic Waste Recycling─A Chemical Recycling Perspective

Alexander Schade, Marcel Melzer, Sven Zimmermann et al. · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2024 · 219 citations · Full text

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Authors

476

  1. TP
    Thomas Pretz

    RWTH Aachen University, Germany

    4 publications · 223 citations

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  2. AF
    Alexander Feil

    RWTH Aachen University, Germany

    4 publications · 144 citations

    4

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  3. JW
    Jörg Woidasky

    Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany

    3 publications · 140 citations

    3

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  4. SS
    Silvia Serranti

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    3 publications · 71 citations

    3

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  5. AT
    Amar Tilmatine

    Université Djilali de Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria

    3 publications · 63 citations

    3

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Institutions

166

  1. Montanuniversität Leoben

    Leoben, Austria

    8 h-index

    28 publications

    638 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    866 citations

  3. RWTH Aachen University

    Aachen, Germany

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    742 citations

  4. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    5 h-index

    21 publications

    508 citations

  5. Université de Poitiers

    Poitiers, France

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    100 citations

  6. Université Djilali de Sidi Bel Abbès

    Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    238 citations

  7. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    406 citations

  8. École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique

    Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    71 citations

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Venues

  1. Waste Management

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

    16

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  2. 6

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  3. Sustainability

    5 publications · 260 citations

    5

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  4. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

    4 publications · 392 citations

    4

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  5. Recycling

    4 publications · 310 citations

    4

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