Overview of organic synthetic macromolecules -- Thermal decomposition of polymers -- Review of analytical pyrolysis instrumentation -- Information generated from analytical pyrolysis studies -- ...

Dow Inc. is taking important steps toward its sustainability targets, announcing plans that will add to the potential of advanced recycling to enable more plastics to be recycled, including flexible ...

Mass spectrometry (MS) has emerged as a pivotal tool in the characterization of polymers, providing unparalleled insights into molecular weights, chemical compositions, and sequence distributions.

INEOS Olefins & Polymers has launched the production of recycled plastics at its facility in Lavera, southern France. The site has received its first shipments of pyrolysis oil, a novel feedstock ...

Researchers have shown that table salt outperforms other expensive catalysts being explored for the chemical recycling of polyolefin polymers, which account for 60% of plastic waste. The research ...

Fanglin Che, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell Lawrence M. Wolf, Ph.D., Assistant Professor ...

Demonstrating that making sustainable plastics isn’t necessarily a sustainable business, two prominent green plastics operations—the biobased polymer maker Danimer Scientific and Brightmark’s plastics ...

French petrochemical firm will use New Hope Energy technology at 310,000-ton-per-year plant. TotalEnergies says it intends to use end products from the proposed facility “to manufacture high-quality ...

The municipality of Aradippou has strongly opposed the construction and operation of a pyrolysis and refining plant in the ...

During pyrolysis, the plastic polymers are broken down into smaller molecules, resulting in the production of liquid oil, fuel source gases such as methane, propane and butane, and char. Char is the ...

- ETH materials researchers have developed a groundbreaking method that enables the near-complete recycling of Plexiglas for the first time. - The polymer chains are broken down into their individual ...