The workshop focused on potential solutions including designing new plastics and developing new strategies for recycling and degradation and will include discussions on end-of-life options for existing and next-generation plastics in the context of current and novel recycling strategies.
The objective of this workshop was to identify early-stage applied research problems in this area that need to be addressed in the near-term and long-term.
Attendees included:
- Representatives from waste management facilities
- Circular economy experts
- Commercial plastics producers
- Bio-based plastics innovators.
Presentations
Introduction to the BOTTLE Consortium, Gregg Beckham, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Recycling- A Collector’s and Processor’s Perspective, Stacy Katz, Waste Management
Assessing the Biodegradation and Compostability of Plastics, Jason Locklin, University of Georgia
Polymer:Materials Research @ IBM
Brett Helms, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
NatureWorks – Plastics for a Circular Economy Shannon Pinc
Biobased Resins for Manufacturing in the Circular Economy
Catalysis for Plastic Upcycling
Engineered bioprocess for plastic waste upcycling to chemical feedstocks
Sustainability for plastics LCA, MFA, TEA & systems thinking
Brel Circular Economy Analysis
Chemical Recycling- Challenges and Opportunities, Andrea Bailey, Bioenergy Technologies Office
Biological Recycling- Challenges and Opportunities, Jay Fitzgerald, Bioenergy Technologies Office
Flexible Packaging- Challenges and Opportunities, Andrea Bailey, Bioenergy Technologies Office
End of Life and Unintended Consequences, Nichole Fitzgerald, Bioenergy Technologies Office
REFS
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Plastics for a Circular Economy Workshop Presentations
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