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To address the rising demand for plastics, it is essential to create new types of polymers that are both highly recyclable and emit minimal amounts of greenhouse gases. These plastics should be derived from readily available, renewable feedstocks. Such eff ...
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Paul Joseph Dyson, Ning Yan, Yefeng Wang, Shunlin Zhang, Yu Han
Amino acids are the building blocks for protein biosynthesis and find use in myriad industrial applications including in food for humans, in animal feed, and as precursors for bio-based plastics, among others. However, the development of efficient chemical ...
National Academy of Sciences2018PUTTING CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE
Circular economies produce virtually no waste, as materials are re-used and recycled continuously. It’s a dramatic shift from the current linear economy in which we take, make, consume and dispose – drawing regularly on natural resources to create products ...
A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017Creating a competing demand for waste resources: a strategy for waste minimization in Nigeria
Solid waste management in Nigeria is a social and public health concern. Waste problems are more serious in cities as the communities lead a non-indigenous lifestyle with respect to resource consumption and wastage. Nigerian municipal waste has organic bio ...
A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017Flux de (micro)-plastiques dans le bassin versant du Léman
Everywhere around the world, a huge amount of plastics is being produced, used and treated every day. A certain amount of these plastics are badly managed and end up in the environment, where they can be problematic. The deplorable state of the ocean as we ...
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