The invention belongs to the technical field of
high polymer material recovery, and particularly relates to a method for degrading nylon 6 or a similar
polymer thereof into a
lactam monomer. The method comprises the following steps: placing waste nylon 6 or a similar
polymer thereof, an activation accelerator and an
alcohol solvent in a closed reaction container according to a certain proportion, reacting for a period of time at a certain temperature, and evaporating to remove the
solvent to obtain a first-step degraded crude product; recrystallizing the degradation crude product obtained in the first step to obtain a pure alcoholysis product; or directly carrying out a second-step cyclization reaction, namely putting the first-step degradation product, alkali, an additive and a
solvent into a closed container, reacting at a certain temperature, directly filtering to remove filter residues, and evaporating the solvent in the obtained solution to
dryness to obtain the high-purity
lactam monomer. According to the invention, nylon 6 or similar polymers thereof can be degraded into corresponding
lactam synthetic monomers with high efficiency and
high selectivity, the operation is simple, the condition is mild, the post-treatment is simple and convenient, and the method is suitable for large-scale industrial application.