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Title
Why is Recycling of Postconsumer Plastics so Challenging?
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ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages 4325-4346
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
Online
2021-08-24
DOI
10.1021/acsapm.1c00648
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