Issue 23, 2021
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Green Chemistry

Natural eutectic solvents for sustainable recycling of poly(ethyleneterephthalate): closing the circle†

Samuel C. Pestana,a   João N. Machado,a   R. Domingos Pinto, ORCID logo a   Bernardo D. Ribeiroab  and  Isabel M. Marrucho ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Centro de Química Estrutural and Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
E-mail: isabel.marrucho@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

b Escola de Química, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-598 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

Aiming at providing a new solution for processing and recycling PET, the complete solubilization of PET from water bottles in natural eutectic solvents is demonstrated here as well as its full recovery, while retaining PET properties and recycling the eutectic solvent.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC02403E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Jul 2021
Accepted
28 Oct 2021
First published
02 Nov 2021

Green Chem., 2021,23, 9460-9464

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Natural eutectic solvents for sustainable recycling of poly(ethyleneterephthalate): closing the circle

S. C. Pestana, J. N. Machado, R. D. Pinto, B. D. Ribeiro and I. M. Marrucho, Green Chem., 2021, 23, 9460 DOI: 10.1039/D1GC02403E

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