A novel process for the upcycling of waste polyolefins to high-value fuels and chemicals

In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Lin and co-workers describe a promising approach for selectively producing high-value products-such as jet fuel and lubricants-from waste polyethylene and other polyolefin polymers. They report a liquid-phase catalytic hydrogenolysis process to efficiently convert high-density polyethylene under relatively mild conditions.