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Cover Feature: Efficient Plastic Waste Recycling to Value‐Added Products by Integrated Biomass Processing (ChemSusChem 3/2020)
Author(s) -
Beydoun Kassem,
Klankermayer Jürgen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201903481
Subject(s) - biomass (ecology) , polyoxymethylene , waste management , cover (algebra) , feature (linguistics) , process (computing) , environmental science , carbon fibers , polymer , process engineering , materials science , computer science , engineering , composite material , mechanical engineering , linguistics , oceanography , philosophy , operating system , geology , composite number
The Cover Feature shows the possibility to combine plastic waste recycling and biomass utilization in a single process, enabling the selective synthesis of valuable cyclic acetal products. The flexible open‐loop recycling of polyoxymethylene polymer waste materials translates the carbon content of the polymer waste efficiently to the methylene unit of the cyclic acetals, forming only water as additional product. This approach turns waste to value and may contribute to the development of tailored recycling process within the vision of a circular economy. More information can be found in the Communication by K. Beydoun and J. Klankermayer on page 488 in Issue 3, 2020 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201902880).