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Circularity of Plastics
Sustainability, Emerging Materials, and Valorization of Waste Plastic
Presents advances in sustainable, circular approaches to polymeric materials, combining waste plastics and the development of functional polymers from renewable sources
Zibiao Li (Edited by), Jason Y.C. Lim (Edited by), Chen-Gang Wang (Edited by)
9780323911986
Paperback / softback, published 24 February 2023
342 pages, 150 illustrations (30 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 2.2 cm, 0.45 kg
Circularity of Plastics: Sustainability, Emerging Materials, and Valorization of Waste Plastic takes an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to circularity and sustainability in plastics, with an emphasis on plastic waste and end-of-life treatment and options for recycling, re-use, valorization and development of biomass-based polymers. The book introduces key concepts of sustainable materials, the circular economy, and lifecycle assessment, and discusses challenges in the valorization of waste. Other sections cover the upcycling of waste plastic into new materials and fuels, with dedicated chapters exploring state-of-the-art techniques for conversion to new sustainable polymers, fuel, fine chemicals and carbon nanomaterials. Emerging technologies used to produce functional polymers from renewable feedstocks, including CO2, biomass, natural polymers, polylactic acid (PLA), and polyhydroxyalkanoate-based materials (PHAs) are then explored, with a final chapter focusing on applications of sustainable materials, challenges, and future perspectives. This is a valuable resource for researchers, scientists, engineers, R&D professionals, and advanced students from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, with an interest in sustainable materials, circularity in plastics, and polymer waste and valorization.
1 Sustainable material management for a circular plastics economy SECTION 1 Valorization of waste plastics into new materials and fuels 2 Sustainable chemical recycling of plastic waste into new polymers 3 Converting plastic waste to fuel and fine chemicals 4 Upcycling of waste plastics to carbon nanomaterials SECTION 2 Functional polymers from sustainable and renewable resources 5 Functional polymers from CO2 as feedstock 6 Functional polymers from biomass-based monomers 7 New functional materials from lignocellulosic biomass 8 Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) as a building block for a circular economy 9 Poly(hydroxyalkanoates) (PHAs) based circular materials for a sustainable future 10 Sustainable materials applications: Current challenges and future perspectives
Subject Areas: Waste treatment & disposal [TQSR], Materials science [TGM], Plastics & polymers technology [TDCP], Physical chemistry [PNR]
