Advances in Waste Plastic Recycling and Upcycling

Roger Ruan · Leilei Dai

Oct 2025 · Woodhead Publishing

Ebook

350

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About this ebook

Advances in Waste Plastic Recycling and Upcycling discusses recent developments in the mechanical and chemical recycling of waste plastics for the production of fuels, chemicals, and materials. The plastic chemistry and status of plastic recycling is introduced, and the book addresses optimization and upgrading procedures that aim to improve the quality and the environmental impact of plastic conversion as well as the techno-economic, lifecycle assessment, and social impacts of chemical recycling. In addition, the book covers how to effectively manage and recycle global waste plastics and various plastic pathways. - Highlights recent progress in plastic recycling processes and technologies, optimizing and enhancing the efficacy of various recycling pathways - Aims to connect technology development with commercial prospects, covering plastic recycling policies, economics, and management to achieve cost-competitive and sustainable outcomes - Examines the ecological impact of different plastic recycling methods

About the author

Dr. Ruan is a fellow of NAI, ASABE, IFT, IAAM, and Vebleo, also a top cited author in engineering and technologies with an h-index of 96, i10-index of 473 and over 35,000 citations. Dr. Ruan has published over 600 papers in refereed journals, co-authored 2 books, 28 book chapters, and over 300 meeting papers and reports, and holds 20 US patents. His research focuses on various aspects of renewable energy and the environment, value-added processing, sustainable development, and food engineering.

Dr. Dai’s research focuses on valorization of various solid wastes, such as municipal solid waste, lignocellulosic biomass, waste cooking oil, and plastic waste, with the aim of producing renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials. Dr. Dai has co-authored over 80 papers in refereed journals, with a Google H index of 40 and over 4,000 citations. He has been enlisted in “World's Top 2% Scientists List. He has served as an associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, a topical advisory panel member of Molecules, an editorial board member of Thermal Science and Engineering, and a subject editor of Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Molecules, and Journal of Renewable Materials.

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