China Plastics ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (8): 44-54.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2021.08.007

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Progress in Chemical Recovery and Resource Utilization of Waste Plastics

SUN Xiaodong1, CAO Ding1, HU Qianqian1, YAO Wenqing2, LI Jinghong2, FENG Yongjun1()   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering,College of Chemistry,Beijing University of Chemical Technology,Beijing 100029,China
    2.Analysis Center,Department of Chemistry,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China
  • Received:2021-08-09 Online:2021-08-26 Published:2021-08-27

Abstract:

Plastics play an important role in human social progress and economic development. However, the large-scale production and use of plastics will inevitably produce a large amount of waste plastics, which have undoubtedly brought serious pollution to surface water, soil and ocean. Plastic pollution has become a global sustainable development challenge. The traditional physical recovery methods are difficult to meet the requirements of environmental protection and recycling. It is of great importance and urgency to develop efficient chemical recovery and resource utilization. Aiming at 8 types of typical plastics with a large quantity and a wide range of applications including polyethylene terephthalate, polyolefin (including polyethylene and polypropylene), polyvinyl chloride and polyurethane, this paper summarized the research progress in the chemical recovery and resource utilization of waste plastics at home and abroad, especially the new technologies developed in recent 10 years. This paper can provide a good reference for the development of chemical recycling technologies of waste plastics.

Key words: waste plastic, chemical recovery, resource utilization

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