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Polymer Recycling

Polymer Recycling is the process of recovering and reprocessing polymeric materials from waste streams into usable products or raw materials through chemical or mechanical means, distinguishing it from primary production and extending the lifecycle of polymer resources.

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Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

Roland Geyer, Jenna Jambeck, Kara Lavender Law · Science Advances · 2017 · 17.6K citations · Full text

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Applications and societal benefits of plastics

Anthony L. Andrady, Mike A. Neal · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2009 · 2.4K citations

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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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Crosslinking of recycled polyethylene by gamma and electron beam irradiation

E. Adem, M. Ávalos‐Borja, Diónico Carrillo et al. · Radiation Physics and Chemistry · 1998 · 1.5K citations

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Current status of recycling of fibre reinforced polymers: Review of technologies, reuse and resulting properties

Géraldine Oliveux, Luke O. Dandy, Gary A. Leeke · Progress in Materials Science · 2015 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Authors

16K

  1. YW
    Yu‐Zhong Wang

    Sichuan University, China

    28 publications · 1.6K citations

    26

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  2. FP
    Francesco Paolo La Mantia

    University of Palermo, Italy

    34 publications · 1.3K citations

    23

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  3. SE
    Stephan Enthaler

    Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

    27 publications · 929 citations

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  4. TY
    Toshiaki Yoshioka

    Tohoku University, Japan

    23 publications · 1.1K citations

    20

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  5. SD
    Steven De Meester

    Ghent University, Belgium

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

    19

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Institutions

2.9K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    54 h-index

    415 publications

    38.1K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    44 h-index

    285 publications

    50.6K citations

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    43 h-index

    207 publications

    16.3K citations

  4. Sichuan University

    Chengdu, China

    35 h-index

    386 publications

    19.2K citations

  5. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    31 h-index

    202 publications

    14.7K citations

  6. University of the Basque Country

    Leioa, Spain

    30 h-index

    171 publications

    17.7K citations

  7. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    30 h-index

    120 publications

    7.2K citations

  8. Qingdao University of Science and Technology

    Qingdao, China

    25 h-index

    166 publications

    9.4K citations

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  1. Polymer Degradation and Stability

    175 publications · 12.3K citations

    66

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  2. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

    126 publications · 9.9K citations

    57

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  3. Waste Management

    127 publications · 9.4K citations

    56

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  4. Journal of Applied Polymer Science

    243 publications · 9.7K citations

    55

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  5. Green Chemistry

    GC · 109 publications · 9.6K citations

    54

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