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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Carbios, Saint-Beauzire, FR;
Marie-Laure Desrousseaux, Lompret, FR;
Helene Texier, Eaunes, FR;
Sophie Duquesne, Toulouse, FR;
Alain Marty, Toulouse, FR;
Mediha Aloui Dalibey, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Michel Chateau, Riom, FR;
CARBIOS, Saint-Beauzire, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to processes for degrading plastic products and the uses thereof. The processes of the invention particularly comprise a step of amorphizing a plastic product prior to a step of depolymerization. The processes of the invention are particularly useful for degrading a plastic product comprising polyethylene terephthalate and/or polylactic acid. The invention also relates to a method of producing monomers and/or oligomers from a plastic product comprising at least one polyester, particularly polyethylene terephthalate and/or polylactic acid, comprising submitting the plastic product both to an amorphization step and to a depolymerization step.