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Plastic Waste Utilization via Chemical Recycling: Approaches,Limitations, and the Challenges Ahead |
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| Authors: | Dr.-Ing. Philip Biessey Dr. Julia Vogel Prof. Dr. Mathias Seitz Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Quicker |
| Affiliation: | 1. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Responsible Process Engineering, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany;2. German Environment Agency, Section III 2.4 Waste Technology, Waste Technology Transfer, Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany;3. University of Applied Sciences, Professor of Process and Chemical Reaction Engineering, Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Eberhard-Leibnitz-Straße 2, 06217 Merseburg, Germany;4. RWTH Aachen, Unit of Technology of Fuels, Wüllnerstraße 2, 52062 Aachen, Germany |
| Abstract: | Chemical recycling offers the opportunity to foster the transition towards a circular economy for plastics as a complementary strategy for mechanical recycling. For the implementation of chemical recycling technologies, there are still significant challenges ahead that – besides the definition of binding legal frameworks – need for intensified research: knowledge-based methods for both the identification of suitable process technologies considering decentralized waste conditions and the design of conversion steps and downstream processing are strongly needed for process development and process evaluation. |
| Keywords: | Advanced recycling Circular economy Downstream processing Legal framework for plastic waste Waste-to-product |