%0 Journal Article %T Performance of Fe3O4@SiO2 as the recyclable heterogeneous catalyst in the bisphenol A recovery from polycarbonate wastes %A Mir Mohammad Alavi Nikje %A Samira Emami %J Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology %@ 1478-2413 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/1477760618798270 %X Received polycarbonate wastes from the used optical and digital optical disk (CDs and DVDs) were chemically recycled into bisphenol A (BPA) in 100% recovery yield using diethylene glycol/water as a binary solvent system and Fe3O4@SiO2 as the heterogeneous catalyst at the convenient, green and eco-friendly conditions using conventional heating method. The recovered BPA was analyzed by spectroscopic methods and data compared by an authentic sample %K Polycarbonate wastes %K nanoparticles %K green chemistry %K chemical recycling %K Fe3O4@SiO2 %K green solvent %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1477760618798270