Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of contributing authors VII
4. 1 Preface: the genesis of the MMAtwo project 1
5. 2 Vinyl polymer waste market: opportunities for PMMA chemical recycling 7
6. 3 Collection, sorting, and pretreatment 19
7. 4 Mechanical recycling principles and challenges 31
8. 5 Kinetic concepts of PMMA thermochemical recycling 43
9. 6 Improving the sensitivity of lab-scale PMMA depolymerization experiments 57
10. 7 PMMA chemical recycling reactor technologies 73
11. 8 Process design of chemical recycling 99
12. 9 Purification of regenerated monomers 115
13. 10 Challenges for industrial repolymerization 131
14. 11 Applications of regenerated MMA 147
15. 12 Life cycle approaches as decision tools for technology development 161
16. 13 MMAtwo’s Footprinter 179
17. 14 Recycling of artificial marble 197
18. 15 Pyrovac’s waste plastic pyrolysis process 223
19. 16 A novel method for PMMA recycling: mixed induction reactor 241
20. 17 Identification of additives in historical PMMA: contributions from heritage science 251
21. 18 Conclusions and future outlook 271
22. Index 279