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Plastic waste can be transformed into valuable resources like battery components and 3D printing materials. Innovative recycling and upcycling methods offer sustainable solutions for plastic pollution.

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  • Materials Science
  • Environmental Science
  • Chemical Engineering

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  • Growing plastic production (over 300 million tonnes annually, projected to reach 800 million by 2050) leads to significant environmental challenges.
  • Low recycling rates (around 10%) result in substantial plastic waste accumulation in landfills and ecosystems, threatening biodiversity and human health.
  • The urgent need for sustainable solutions drives research into converting plastic waste into valuable resources.

Approach:

  • This review explores innovative processes for recycling and upcycling plastic and microplastic waste.
  • Investigates the use of recycled plastics as anode materials in energy storage devices, specifically lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries.
  • Examines the application of recycled plastics, such as Nylon, in advanced manufacturing like 3D printing.

Key Points:

  • Recycled polypropylene (PP) carbon powder demonstrates high reversible capacity (∼340 mAh/g) as an anode in sodium-ion batteries.
  • Integration of iron oxide (Fe3O4) and polyethylene (PE) into lithium-ion batteries yields excellent capacity (1123 mAh/g).
  • Recycled Nylon exhibits superior physical and mechanical properties suitable for 3D printing applications.
  • Induction heating is highlighted as an efficient pyrolysis technique for plastic waste conversion, offering improved yield and reduced energy consumption.

Conclusions:

  • Plastic and microplastic waste represents an abundant resource for sustainable production.
  • Potential applications include the creation of batteries, nanomaterials, graphene, and membranes.
  • These conversion routes promote a circular economy and contribute to a greener, more sustainable environment.