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Towards bio-upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate

Metabolic Engineering, 2021
Metabolic engineering 66, 167-178 (2021).
Tiso, Till, Narancic, Tanja, Wei, Ren, Pollet, Eric, Beagan, Niall, Schröder, Katja, Honak, Annett, Jiang, Mengying, Kenny, Shane T., Wierckx, Nick, Perrin, Rémi, Avérous, Luc, Zimmermann, Wolfgang, O'Connor, Kevin, Blank, Lars M.   +14 more
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Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling: A review

Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
It is difficult to reuse wastes from polymers due to the mismatch between the amount of contaminants and the secondary polymers and the quality of the feed.
Tomy Muringayil Joseph, Seitkhan Azat, Zahed Ahmadi, Omid Moini Jazani, Amin Esmaeili, Ehsan Kianfar, Józef Haponiuk, Sabu Thomas   +7 more
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Efficient biodegradation of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic by Gordonia sp. CN2K isolated from plastic contaminated environment

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Since we rely entirely on plastics or their products in our daily lives, plastics are the invention of the hour. Polyester plastics, such as Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), are among the most often used types of plastics. PET plastics have a high ratio
T.M. Chandramouli Swamy, S.V. Nagarathna, Pooja V. Reddy, Anand S. Nayak   +3 more
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Current Advances in the Biodegradation and Bioconversion of Polyethylene Terephthalate [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2021
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a widely used plastic that is polymerized by terephthalic acid (TPA) and ethylene glycol (EG). In recent years, PET biodegradation and bioconversion have become important in solving environmental plastic pollution ...
Xinhua Qi, Wenlong Yan, Zhibei Cao, Ming‐Zhu Ding, Ying‐Jin Yuan   +4 more
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Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling for the Beverage Industry: A Review

Polymers, 2022
Disposal of plastic waste has become a widely discussed issue, due to the potential environmental impact of improper waste disposal. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging accounted for 44.7% of single-serve beverage packaging in the US in 2021, and ...
Patnarin Benyathiar, Pankaj Kumar, Gregory S. Carpenter, J. Brace, D. Mishra   +4 more
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Electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate to commodity chemicals and H2 fuel

Nature Communications, 2021
Plastic wastes represent a largely untapped resource for manufacturing chemicals and fuels, particularly considering their environmental and biological threats.
Hua Zhou, Yue Ren, Zhenhua Li, Minggui Xu, Ye Wang, Ruixiang Ge, X. Kong, Lirong Zheng, Haohong Duan   +8 more
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Occurrence, toxicity and remediation of polyethylene terephthalate plastics. A review

Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2022
Polyethylene terephthalate is a common plastic in many products such as viscose rayon for clothing, and packaging material in the food and beverage industries.
Vaishali Dhaka, Simranjeet Singh, A. G. Anil, T. Sunil Kumar Naik, S. Garg, Jastin Samuel, M. Kumar, Praveen C Ramamurthy, Joginder Singh   +8 more
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Fully lignocellulose-based PET analogues for the circular economy

Nature Communications, 2022
‘Polyethylene terephthalate is a widely used polymer with a concerning environmental impact, and alternatives are now highly sought. In this article, the authors present a biorefinery strategy for constructing polyester analogues of polyethylene ...
Xianyuan Wu, Maxim V. Galkin, Tobias Stern, Zhuohua Sun, Katalin Barta   +4 more
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Utilizing Polyethylene Terephthalate PET in Concrete: A Review

Polymers, 2023
In general, plastic waste has been growing remarkably. Numerous waste plastic products are generated by manufacturing processes, service industries, and municipal solid waste (MSW).
M. Askar, Y. Al-Kamaki, Ali A. Hassan
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Variation in the Fatty Acid and Amino Acid Profiles of Pasteurized Liquid Whole Hen Egg Products Stored in Four Types of Packaging

Animals, 2022
This study aimed to determine the ability of high-density polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, Tetra Rex® Bio-based packaging, and Doypack (stand-up pouches) packaging to maintain the nutritional quality and safety of liquid whole egg products for ...
Vjaceslavs Kocetkovs, Vitalijs Radenkovs, Karina Juhnevica-Radenkova, Sandra Muizniece-Brasava   +3 more
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