by Zibiao Li, Jason Y. C. Lim, Chen-Gang Wang
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.
- Explains the
fundamental concepts of sustainable materials, circular economy,
lifecycle assessment, and valorization of plastic waste
- Presents
cutting-edge methods for the conversion or upcycling of waste to
sustainable polymers, fuel and fine chemicals, and carbon nanomaterials
- Provides detailed coverage of the development of functional polymers from a range of sustainable and renewable resources
