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Foreword
Polymers are used in almost every area of
modern life due to their high availability, low cost and versatile
functionality. The environmental impact of producing polymers made from fossil
based derivatives, has led to the introduction of bio-based and bio-attributed
polymers. These polymers are produced using wastes, such as used cooking oil,
agricultural residues or sugar and oil crops similar to those used for
manufacture of biofuels.
Some polymers can be produced from 100% bio-based feedstocks where all
the fossil feedstocks in the process are replaced with biologically derived
feedstocks. Other processes use an attribution methodology. In this case a
proportion of the fossil feedstock in a chemical production system is replaced
with...
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- UK Net Zero Review: role for biomass in
decarbonisation of construction and chemical sectors
- Global circularity gap increases
Markets
- Holiferm and Sasol Chemicals to produce sustainable
surfactants
- IndiNature secures funding in boost to biobased
construction materials
- More...
Research & Development
- LCA shows that recyclable, paper-based food packaging
offers environmental advantages
- Machine learning for surrogate process models of
bioproduction pathways
- More...
Polymers
- LANXESS and TotalEnergies partner to produce sustainable
styrene
- Braskem to examine bio-based polypropylene production
- More...
Chemicals
- Montinutra to build plant for wood-based
ingredients
- Solvay launches bio-circular silica
- More...
Consumer Products
- Amtico launches bio-based flooring
- Toray Develops Plant-based polyester Headrest covers for ANA
Green Jet
- More...
Events
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