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Chemical recycling brings value to plastic waste

Trash to treasure

IN a world where fossil fuels are increasingly avoided, and the mounting problem of plastic-waste management intensifies, a new approach to plastic waste has attracted much attention. Advanced recycling technologies such as chemical recycling and the dissolution of plastic waste aim to increase the circularity of the plastics economy.

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