Shogo Kumagai

Recycling of waste plastics is essential for reducing environmental degradation and ensuring future resource security. The quantity of domestic plastic waste recycled is increasing yearly, reaching 83 % in 2014. However, only 26 % and 4 % of the recycled waste plastic is treated by mechanical and feedstock recycling, respectively, whereas 70 % is treated by energy recovery (incineration). Therefore, the mechanical and feedstock recycling rates must be improved. This review examines the pyrolysis

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) pyrolysis products and those produced from their subsequent catalytic reactions under various metal oxides (ZnO, MgO, TiO2, and ZrO2) were evaluated qualitatively and semiquantitatively using a tandem μ-reactor gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (TR-GC/MS) system. The catalytic reaction products were analyzed in situ to determine the duration and temperature dependence of their production. In the TR-GC/MS, a reactor with two-tier, independent heat sources was

Online monitoring of products by a tandem μ-reactor-GC/MS system revealed the CaO catalysed PET pyrolysis pathway.

Recent focus on ocean plastics pollution, and the decision to ban waste plastic import by China have significantly impacted several industrial sectors around the world. Yet, the global waste plastic generation is steadily growing, which has driven substantial and rapid growth in worlds’ plastics recycling capacity to meet the needs for sustainable plastics use. In Japan, the Resource Circulation Strategy for Plastics was formulated in May 2019. One of the highlights of this Strategy was the mile