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SUMMARY:A Mild Approach to the Chemical Recycling of Vinyl Polymer Waste
LOCATION:Chemistry A101
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20181001T000000
UID:2026-05-04-03-12-21@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260504T031221
Description:Literature Seminar Abstract\n\nThe United States has recently t
 aken on the burden of dealing with its own postconsumer plastic waste resu
 lting in a bottleneck at recycling facilities and the dumping of readily r
 ecyclable materials into landfills. Alternatives to the current\, ineffici
 ent recycling practices must be sought out in order to address the worseni
 ng issue of plastic pollution. Chemical recycling\, a method for recoverin
 g polymer constituents or other high-value chemicals from polymer waste is
  starting to gain traction as a viable replacement for traditional mechani
 cal recycling. Vinyl polymers\, however\, have proven to be troublesome fo
 r chemical recycling methods. Due to the extended alkane chain backbone\, 
 only harsh conditions have proven useful for their degradation. Recently\,
  the Guan and Huang Groups employed cross alkane metathesis (CAM)\, a much
  milder approach\, to upcycle the major contributor to vinyl polymer waste
 \, polyethylene (PE)\, into fuels and waxes.\nThe methodology in this pape
 r\, as well as the future directions of vinyl polymer recycling\, will be 
 examined.\n\n1. Jia\, X.\; Qin\, C.\; Friedberger\, T.\; Guan\, Z.\; Huang
 \, Z. Efficient and Selective Degradation of Polyethylenes into Liquid Fue
 ls and Waxes under Mild Conditions. Sci. Adv. 2016\, 2 (6)\, e1501591 4:00
  pm
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