Chemical Recycling of PLA: A Great Opportunity Towards the Sustainable Development?

By Vincenzo Piemonte, S. Sabatini, F. Gironi. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2013

159 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Process Chemistry and Technology

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In Biomaterials

1. G. Gorrasi
2. J. D. Badia
3. A. Ribes‐Greus
4. P. Kopczyńska
5. J. Datta
6. P. Mckeown
7. Matthew D. Jones
8. R. Pantani

In Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

1. P. Kopczyńska
2. A. Ribes‐Greus
3. J. Datta
4. J. D. Badia

In Process Chemistry and Technology

1. G. Gorrasi
2. A. Ribes‐Greus
3. J. Datta
4. P. Mckeown
5. J. D. Badia
6. Matthew D. Jones
7. R. Pantani

Citations in the corpus

• Recycling of Bioplastics: Routes and Benefits (2020, background): “It has been estimated that the production of LA from the fermentation of corn is around 55 MJ/kg of LA produced; in contrast, the formation of LA via the hydrolysis of PLA is much less energy intensive at about 14 MJ/kg of LA produced [40].”
• From polymer waste to potential main industrial products: Actual state of recycling and recovering (2016, background): “The hydrolysis of a polymer matrix occurs through two processes: water diffusion into polymer and hydrolysis reaction (Piemonte et al., 2013).”
• Hydrolysis and Biodegradation of Poly(lactic acid) (2017, background): “As reported above, the main driving force of the PLA degradation has been recognized to be the hydrolysis inducted by water transport [76-79].”
• Mechanical recycling of polylactide, upgrading trends and combination of valorization techniques (2016, background): “also showed that the environmental footprint of the analyzed process is larger than that of the PLA mechanical recycling[139].”
• The Chemical Recycling of PLA: A Review (2020, background): “A study has shown that it is more energetically favourable to attain lactic acid from chemical depolymerisation rather than to produce virgin feedstock from the costly fermentation route [65].”