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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry - RSC Sustainability - Chemical degradation and recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET): a review. | Oct 15, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - The Waste Management of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Plastic Waste: A Review. | Jul 03, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Heliyon - The effect of using polyethylene terephthalate as an additive on the flexural and compressive strength of concrete. | Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Surface engineering for the control of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wettability characteristics using laser beam wavelength (PDF). | Nov 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry - RSC Sustainability - Chemical degradation and recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET): a review. | Jul 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - CiteSeerX - Theoretical study of the transesterification reaction of polyethylene terephthalate under basic conditions (PDF). | Apr 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - Characterization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) used in commercial bottled water (PDF). | Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Recent Advances in Biological Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Plastic Wastes. | Nov 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Environmental Science and Development - Utilization of Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) in Engineering Materials: A Review. | Sep 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Nature Communications - Acetolysis of waste polyethylene terephthalate for upcycling and life-cycle assessment study. | Aug 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Chemical Recycling of Poly(ethylene terephthalate. | May 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology - Engineering microbes to bio-upcycle polyethylene terephthalate. | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Recent Advances in Biological Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Plastic Wastes. | Sep 23, 2022 | ||
| Added photograph of a plastic recycling plant. | May 20, 2020 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 20, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jul 25, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Conservation and Art Materials Encyclopedia Online - Polyethylene terephthalate. | May 10, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Environment Protection Agency - Poly(ethylene Terephthalate). | May 10, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: MedicineNet.com. | Apr 06, 2016 | ||
| New article added. | Sep 18, 2009 |
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