DEPOLYMERIZATION PROCESS

The present invention relates to a method of depolymerizing polymers, comprising the steps of providing one or more polymer starting materials, or feed materials; providing a reactor to depolymerize the one or more polymer starting materials, or feed materials, into one or more monomers; heating the one or more polymer starting materials, or feed materials, at a rate of from 10°C/second to 1000°C/second to a temperature in the range of 100°C to 700°C, preferably in the range of 200°C to 400°C; and providing an electromagnetic induction field to facilitate the depolymerization of the one or more polymer starting materials, or feed materials, into their constituent monomers, wherein the electromagnetic induction field is directly applied to a mixing device of the reactor and said mixing device couples with said electromagnetic induction field, wherein the method utilizes one or more catalysts that permitin situreactions to yield one or more functional monomers.