Significance of Plastic Recycling with the Focus on Polyesters – Creating a Circular Economy

F. Pelin Uran; Hale Bila; Shaista Shah; Mohamed Hlaiem; Bardiya Valizadeh; Samantha Anderson; Christopher P. Ireland

doi:10.2533/chimia.2023.836

Significance of Plastic Recycling with the Focus on Polyesters – Creating a Circular Economy

Authors

F. Pelin Uran DePoly SA, Rue de l’Industrie 23, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland
Hale Bila DePoly SA, Rue de l’Industrie 23, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland
Shaista Shah DePoly SA, Rue de l’Industrie 23, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland
Mohamed Hlaiem DePoly SA, Rue de l’Industrie 23, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland
Bardiya Valizadeh DePoly SA, Rue de l’Industrie 23, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland
Samantha Anderson DePoly SA, Rue de l’Industrie 23, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland
Christopher P. Ireland DePoly SA, Rue de l’Industrie 23, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2023.836

PMID:

38131407

Keywords:

Chemical recycling, Circular economy, Plastic recycling, Polyester

Abstract

Plastics materials are essential in every part of our lives, resulting in their increasing production and consumption. Consequently, recycling of plastics has been of great importance in the last decades. Among all types of plastics, polyesters have become very appealing for numerous kinds of applications, making their recycling crucial. Several techniques have been developed for the recycling of plastics with the aim of eliminating the waste accumulated, as well as to create a circular economy.