Efficient upcycling of high-density polyethylene into separable cyclic hydrocarbons

This highlight is inspired by a recent article in Nature Nanotechnology in which Zeng and co-workers[1]from the University of Science and Technology of China reported a strategy for upcycling high-density polyethylene(HDPE)into separable cyclic hydrocarbons under solvent-and hydrogen-free condition.This work made a significant progress in plastic recycling.