Chemical Recycling of Polymers, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Sustainable Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lithium-ion batteries; renewable energy; green and sustainable chemistry and engineering; chemical recycling; polymers; applied thermodynamics
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Interests: polymer science; polymer degradation; chemical recycling; chemical reactors modeling; heterogeneous catalysis; parameter estimation and optimal design of experiments
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Interests: metal catalysis; polymerisation; bio-based plastics; plastics chemical recycling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue continues the exploration of recent research advances in the chemical recycling of polymers, following the success of the first volume of the Special Issue, which published 10 regular papers. Further details can be found below: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/Chem_Recycl_Polym.
The plastic economy requires a shift towards a more circular approach, in which the value of the material is recovered rather than lost at the end of its useful life. While mechanical recycling options are available, these are generally associated with some loss of material properties and down-cycling. Compostable and biodegradable plastics are also becoming more common, but these represent processes involving a complete loss of chemical and energetic value. Therefore, the development of chemical or tertiary recycling technologies is expected to play a key role in the transition to a circular approach of plastic use and waste management. This Special Issue will focus on methods of chemical recycling of plastics which aim to produce monomers, for the production of new plastics, or value-added chemicals. Papers concerning chemical recycling methods, including, but not limited to, hydrolysis, alcoholysis, and pyrolysis, are welcome.
Dr. Luis Roman
Dr. Simoní Da Ros
Dr. Paul McKeown
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chemical recycling
- degradation
- depolymerisation
- hydrolysis
- alcoholysis
- pyrolysis
- circular economy
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