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New Technologies are Needed to Improve the Recycling and Upcycling of Waste Plastics
Author(s) -
Ragauskas Arthur J.,
Huber George W.,
Wang Jia,
Guss Adam,
O'Neill Hugh M.,
Lin Carol Sze Ki,
Wang Yanqin,
Wurm Frederik R.,
Meng Xianzhi
Publication year - 2021
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.202101872
Subject(s) - george (robot) , plastic waste , polymer science , waste management , environmental ethics , engineering , chemistry , philosophy , art history , art
In their Editorial to the Special Issue on The Chemistry of Waste Plastics Upcycling, the Guest Editors Adam Guss, George Huber, Carol Lin, Xianzhi Meng, Hugh O'Neill, Arthur Ragauskas, Jia Wang, Yanqin Wang, and Frederik Wurm highlight some of the increasingly urgent efforts being made by chemists to address challenges related to the fate of plastics at the end of, their useful lives and the valorization of plastic waste.