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. 2024 Feb 26;124(5):2327–2351. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00587

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Access to PE-type materials from polyethylene waste, natural oil, and petroleum- or renewable-based ethylene. Chemical recycling is enabled via low densities of in-chain functional groups in a PE chain, and biodegradation acts as a backstop that prevents environmental accumulation of mismanaged plastic waste.