Cover Feature: Efficient Plastic Waste Recycling to Value‐Added Products by Integrated Biomass Processing (ChemSusChem 3/2020)

Abstract

The Cover Feature shows the possibility to combine plastic waste recycling and biomass utilization in a single process, enabling the selective synthesis of valuable cyclic acetal products. The flexible open‐loop recycling of polyoxymethylene polymer waste materials translates the carbon content of the polymer waste efficiently to the methylene unit of the cyclic acetals, forming only water as additional product. This approach turns waste to value and may contribute to the development of tailored recycling prosses within the vision of a circular a circular economy. More information can be found in the Communication by K. Beydoun and J. Klankermayer.