Recycling

Recycling is a waste management and resource recovery process in which discarded materials are collected, sorted, and reprocessed into secondary raw materials that can substitute primary resources in the production of new goods, thereby diverting waste from final disposal and supporting circular material flows.

20.6K

Publications

1.2M

Citations

57.6K

Authors

7.6K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

11.2K

Variants

Materials Recycling

Parents

Circular EconomyConstruction Materials ManagementSolid Waste ManagementSustainable Hospitality ManagementSustainable ManufacturingWaste ManagementWaste Management Policy

Children

Chemical RecyclingCollection SystemsCompostingElectronic Waste RecyclingMechanical RecyclingOrganics RecyclingPaper RecyclingPlastic RecyclingRecycled Content StandardsRecycling Contamination

Publications

20.6K

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

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

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Materials Science +14

Cradle to cradle: remaking the way we make things

Michael Braungart, W. F. McDonough · Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 3.9K citations

Management, Environmental Design, Environmental Management +12

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

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

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

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +14

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Jidapa Nithikul, Chettiyappan Visvanathan · 2011 · 1.7K citations

Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering +17

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Authors

57.6K

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Chi Sun Poon
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China
112 publications · 15K citations
70
h-index
JD
Jorge de Brito
University of Lisbon, Portugal
66 publications · 10.6K citations
44
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JX
Jianzhuang Xiao
Tongji University, China
64 publications · 8.8K citations
41
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JL
Jinhui Li
Tsinghua University, China
61 publications · 5.2K citations
40
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ZX
Zhenming Xu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
66 publications · 4.9K citations
37
h-index

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Institutions

7.6K

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Venues

Resources Conservation and Recycling
823 publications · 72.2K citations
141
h-index
Construction and Building Materials
769 publications · 70.1K citations
139
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Journal of Cleaner Production
1.1K publications · 81.8K citations
137
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Waste Management
784 publications · 62.3K citations
127
h-index
Environmental Science & Technology
206 publications · 21.5K citations
85
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