Table of Contents
Section 1: Introduction and Fundamentals1. Introduction to Plastic Waste Chapter
2. Sorting and Physical Recovery of Plastic Waste
3. Fundamentals of Plastic Waste Conversion
Section 2: Thermochemical Conversion of Plastic Waste
4. Pyrolysis of Plastic Waste
5. Gasification of Plastic Waste
6. Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Plastic Waste
7. Chemolysis of Plastic Waste
8. Case Studies of Thermochemical Conversion of Plastic Waste
Section 3: Low-Temperature Catalytic Conversion of Plastic Waste
9. Electrocatalytic Plastic Waste Conversion
10. Photocatalytic Plastic Waste Conversion
11. Biocatalytic Plastic Waste Conversion
12. Integration Catalytic Processes for Plastic Waste Conversion
13. Case Studies of Low-Temperature Catalytic Conversion of Plastic Waste
Section 4: Environmental and Regulatory Considerations
14. Environmental Impacts and Sustainability Considerations
15. Life cycle assessment of plastic waste conversion
16. Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for Plastic Waste Upcycling
Section 5: Future Perspectives
17. Future Trends in Plastic Waste Conversion Technologies
18. Conclusion and Recommendations
Authors
Bing-Jie Ni School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.Professor Bing-Jie Ni isan ARC Future Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). He has been working in the field of environmental technology and wastewater treatment, particularly transforming wastes or wastewater from a troublesome pollutant to a valuable resource. Prof. Ni has published 2 research books, 30 book chapters, and more than 400 papers in refereed ISI journals. He served as Lead Guest Editor for Water Research (Elsevier, Nature index journal), Editorial Advisory Board for Environmental Science and Technology (ACS, Nature index journal), Editor for Sustainable Horizons (Elsevier), Associate Editor for Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier), Environmental Chemistry Letters (Springer), Environmental Research (Elsevier), etc. Prof. Ni is a Highly Cited Researcher - Clarivate Analytics - Web of Science. He is a Mendeley Data top 2% Cited Researchers in the world in all academic disciplines. He has been continuously recognized as a Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Highly Cited Researcher since 2020.
Zhijie Chen Research Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia. Dr. Chen is a Research Fellow at University of New South Wales. His research mainly focuses on the development of green technology for achieving environmental and energy sustainability. He has published 2 book chapters, and more than 100 fully refereed SCI journal papers (including over 10 ESI Highly Cited or Hot Papers) within the fields of waste valorization, green chemistry, and green energy, and his work has been featured in global tech media. He serves as the Editorial Board Member for Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics, and the Guest Editor for Catalysts, Frontiers in Chemistry, and Frontiers in Materials.
