Recycling of Polymer Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2024 | Viewed by 1819
Special Issue Editor
Interests: catalytic reaction; polymer recycling; biochemical engineering; process design using ASPEN
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plastics are an integral component of our modern lives due to their wide range of applications in households and industry. There is an increasing interest in the use of plastics as raw materials due to their ease of handling, transparency, and cost effectiveness. The quest for circular and sustainable approaches to material recycling is one of the most demanding for several reasons. However, there have recently been several breakthroughs in the reuse and recycling of materials.
Depending on the method used, polymer waste recycling can be classified as mechanical, chemical, or biological. For example, polymer waste from thermoplastics, thermosets, and elastomers of polymeric materials is not very degradable, thus requiring mechanical recycling. Polymer materials include polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene, nylon, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polycarbonate, polystyrene, polyurethane rubber, composites, and polymers, and are often found in the electronics and semiconductor industries, among others.
Prof. Dr. Ho-Shing Wu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- circular economy
- energy recovery
- chemical recycling
- mechanical recycling
- feedstock recycling
- sustainable materials processing
- process modelling
- economic analysis
