Direct upcycling of mixed plastic waste into liquid alkanes

Hongshun Ran; Shen Run-jie; Wenyi Ni; Mengying Zheng; Xinyang Sun; Shuo Zhang; Zhiqiang Wang; Shourong Zheng; Xiaolei Qu; Yaxuan Jing

doi:10.1039/d5ee07522j

January 1, 2026Energy & Environmental Science

Direct upcycling of mixed plastic waste into liquid alkanes

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To explore the direct upcycling of mixed plastics into liquid alkanes and value-added products.
Analyzed physical and chemical properties of different plastics
Developed processes for converting mixed waste plastics
Focused on producing single-purpose products from mixed plastics.
Demonstrated potential for producing liquid alkanes from mixed plastics
Identified variations in the properties of plastics affecting upcycling efficiency
Proposed methods for improving conversion rates of mixed plastics.

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Direct upcycling of mixed plastics results in value-added products, suggesting a new pathway for waste management.

Abstract

Direct upcycling of waste mixed plastics into single-purpose, value-added products is a highly desirable goal. However, the significant variations in the physical and chemical properties of different plastics, as well...

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Ran et al. (2026) studied this question.

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