Biotechnology of Plastic Waste Degradation, Recycling, and Valorization: Current Advances and Future Perspectives

Zi-Hao Qin; Jin-Hua Mou; Christopher Yu Huang Chao; Shauhrat Singh Chopra; Walid Daoud; Shao-Yuan Leu; Zhi Ning; Chi Yan Tso; Chak Keung Chan; Shixing Tang; Zubeen Jyotiwadan Hathi; Md Ariful Haque; Xiang Wang; Carol Sze Ki Lin

doi:10.1002/cssc.202101825

Biotechnology of Plastic Waste Degradation, Recycling, and Valorization: Current Advances and Future Perspectives

ChemSusChem. 2021 Oct 5;14(19):3981. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202101825. Epub 2021 Sep 14.

Affiliations

¹ School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
³ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
⁴ Division of Environment and Sustainability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510632, P. R. China.
⁶ Key Laboratory of Eutrophication and Red Tide Prevention of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, P. R. China.

PMID: 34519414
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101825

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the collaborative group of Dr. Carol Sze Ki Lin and Dr. Xiang Wang. The image illustrates the biodegradation of plastics and the potential for plastic waste recycling and valorization to address the plastic waste dilemma. The Minireview itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.202100752.