A Multitool for Circular Economy: Fast Ring-Opening Polymerization and Chemical Recycling of (Bio)polyesters Using a Single Aliphatic Guanidine Carboxy Zinc Catalyst.

Martin FuchsPascal M SchäferWolf WagnerIan KrummMarcel WalbeckRegina DietrichAlexander Hoffmann Sonja Herres-Pawlis

Published in: ChemSusChem (2023)

Invited for this month's cover is the group of Professor Sonja Herres-Pawlis at the RWTH Aachen (Germany). The cover image illustrates the complex yet flexible circular economy of (bio)plastics and the role of a Zn-based catalyst therein. The Research Article itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.202300192.

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