Chemistry and materials science for a sustainable circular polymeric economy

Vânia Gomes Zuin Zeidler; Klaus Kümmerer

doi:10.1038/s41578-022-00415-2

Chemistry and materials science for a sustainable circular polymeric economy

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Abstract

Chemistry plays a determining role in every stage of the plastic life cycle. We reflect on the challenges and limitations of plastics — their sheer abundance, chemodiversity and imperfect recoverability leading to loss of material — and on the need for chemical and non-chemical approaches to overcome them.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Reviews Materials
Volume	7
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	76-78
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-022-00415-2
Publication status	Published - 01.02.2022

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UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Research areas and keywords

Chemistry
Sustainability Science

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Biomaterials
Energy (miscellaneous)
Materials Chemistry

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