Recycling and Circularity of Polymeric Materials
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: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 2643
Special Issue Editors
Interests: processing and properties of polymeric materials; cellulosic composites; bioplastics and mechanical recycling of thermoplastics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Extended and efficient use of polymeric materials has been of great interest in society for many decades, as can be seen in public media, in legislation and in academic efforts. Substantial scientific efforts have been devoted to discussions on possibilities and problems involved, such as with mechanical recycling of polymers. This Special Issue aims at a continued discussion on polymer recycling in general, both quantitative and qualitative aspects, towards a better understanding of both the context and the problems involved. We welcome all scientific contributions promoting a critical discussion on these topics!
Prof. Dr. Antal Boldizar
Prof. Dr. Mikael Rigdahl
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- recycling of plastics
- resource efficiency
- polymeric materials
- degradation of polymers
- recycling processes
- properties of plastics waste
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