04 May 2023 --- A recent study has revealed a catalyst-free, far-from-equilibrium thermochemical depolymerization method that can generate monomers from commodity plastics PP and PET through pyrolysis. The study describes depolymerization as a promising strategy for recycling waste plastic into constituent monomers for subsequent repolymerization. The research successfully depolymerized PP and PET to their monomers with yields of about 36% and about 43%, respectively.
