Plastic waste

Engineering

Raw material

Plastics industry

Biochemical engineering

Polymer

Waste management

Environmental engineering

Organic chemistry

Renewable resource

Renewable energy

Chemical industry

Environmental science

Chemistry

Monomer

Depolymerization

Condensation polymer

Electrical engineering

RSC Advances

This review highlights the promising strategies developed to break down polycondensate polymers back to monomers using chemicals and enzymes. Our aim is to create a renewed awareness to valorize plastic waste into virgin plastics.

Back-to-monomer recycling of polycondensation polymers: opportunities for chemicals and enzymes