期刊
SCIENCE
卷 373, 期 6550, 页码 66-69出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.abg4503
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- US Department of Energy, Energy Frontier Research Center program (Center for Plastics Innovation) [DOE DE-SC0021166]
- National Science Foundation, Growing Convergence Research program [NSF GCR CMMI-1934887]
- EERE Office of Strategic Programs and Advanced Manufacturing Office under US Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
- UKRI Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging project, Many Happy Returns -Enabling Reusable Packaging Systems [NE/V010638/1]
- NERC [NE/V010638/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Chemical recycling and polymer upcycling offer solutions to the challenges of plastic waste heterogeneity and property reductions, enabling circularity and reducing energy consumption and environmental impacts. The industrial adoption of these approaches is encouraging and plays a critical role in addressing the fate of plastics and advancing next-generation materials design.
Plastics have revolutionized modern life, but have created a global waste crisis driven by our reliance and demand for low-cost, disposable materials. New approaches are vital to address challenges related to plastics waste heterogeneity, along with the property reductions induced by mechanical recycling. Chemical recycling and upcycling of polymers may enable circularity through separation strategies, chemistries that promote closed-loop recycling inherent to macromolecular design, and transformative processes that shift the life-cycle landscape. Polymer upcycling schemes may enable lower-energy pathways and minimal environmental impacts compared with traditional mechanical and chemical recycling. The emergence of industrial adoption of recycling and upcycling approaches is encouraging, solidifying the critical role for these strategies in addressing the fate of plastics and driving advances in next-generation materials design.
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