Upcycling of polyvinyl chloride into polyalphaolefin lubricants.

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a thermoplastic used ubiquitously in households and industry owing to its light weight, mechanical strength, durability, low cost and ultraviolet and fire resistance 1,2 .

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a thermoplastic used ubiquitously in households and industry owing to its light weight, mechanical strength, durability, low cost and ultraviolet and fire resistance 1,2 . With a production volume of about 60 million tonnes annually 2 , post-consumer…