Circular Economy of Polymers:

Plastic is a synthetic polymer with high material properties, which has tremendous applications that facilitate modern life…

Flash Joule heating is a recently discovered method to upcycle waste plastics into high value graphene. The process is highly energy efficient and solvent free, and can even process un-washed mixed waste plastics, greatly simplifying the waste management process…

Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) is among the most widely produced thermoplastics and is used in a wide range of applications. However, despite its widespread use, the post-consumer reuse or recycling of PVC is almost non-existent, and most post-consumer PVC is ultimately landfilled…