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This method is a significant departure from traditional chemical recycling techniques like pyrolysis, which operate at lower temperatures (450–600°C) and produce over a hundred different by-products, many of which are useless.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Each facility has a pyrolysis reactor based on the Viking design that converts agricultural residues such as cashew hulls from area farms into biofuels and high-quality carbon credits for sale on international markets.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
It is made using a chemical recycling process that combines the old tires with biomethane to create pyrolysis oil.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Other chemical recycling methods, such as pyrolysis and gasification, have drawn environmental and health concerns because the plastic is heated, which can release toxic fumes.
—Alex Jordan, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Each facility has a pyrolysis reactor based on the Viking design that converts agricultural residues such as cashew hulls from area farms into biofuels and high-quality carbon credits for sale on international markets.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
It is made using a chemical recycling process that combines the old tires with biomethane to create pyrolysis oil.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Other chemical recycling methods, such as pyrolysis and gasification, have drawn environmental and health concerns because the plastic is heated, which can release toxic fumes.
—Alex Jordan, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Pyrolysis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pyrolysis. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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pyrolysis
noun
py·rol·y·sis
pī-ˈräl-ə-səs 
plural pyrolyses
-ˌsēz
: chemical change brought about by the action of heat
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