date:Nov 30, 2018
ng-up area in 2016, accounting for the uptick in patenting activity in this area.
Loop Industries, dubbed the Intel Inside of circular plastics, holds a patent referring to Polyethylene terephthalate deploymerization, a chemical recycling process used to break down waste PET and polyester into their monomer building blocks.
The monomers dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and monoethylene glycol (MEG) are purified, removing all colouring, additives and impurities. Finally, they are repolymerised in