eprintid: 10087707
rev_number: 14
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datestamp: 2019-12-12 16:42:24
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creators_name: Partridge, C
creators_name: Medda, F
title: Opportunities for chemical recycling to benefit from waste policy changes in the United Kingdom
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divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F44
keywords: Plastic, Waste, Recycling, Pyrolysis, Gasification, Chemical recycling, Policy, United Kingdom
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abstract: Increased awareness in the United Kingdom around the issues of dealing with plastic waste, particularly non-recyclable plastics, has created political pressure to find new ways to manage this waste stream. As a result, the UK government recently convened consultations around adapting the national plastic waste management strategy in light of curtailed overseas plastic recycling. In this work, we consider the potential role that chemical recycling, such as gasification and pyrolysis, may have to play in the context of plastic waste valorization, and assess the policies and market conditions that would be required to make chemical recycling a feasible means by which to manage difficult to recycle plastic waste in the UK.
date: 2019-10-01
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcrx.2019.100011
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Short Survey
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1728262
doi: 10.1016/j.rcrx.2019.100011
lyricists_name: Medda, Francesca
lyricists_id: FMEDD49
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Resources, Conservation and Recycling: X
volume: 3
article_number: 100011
citation:        Partridge, C;    Medda, F;      (2019)    Opportunities for chemical recycling to benefit from waste policy changes in the United Kingdom.                   Resources, Conservation and Recycling: X , 3     , Article 100011.  10.1016/j.rcrx.2019.100011 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcrx.2019.100011>.       Green open access   
 
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