Leveling the cost and carbon footprint of circular polymers that are chemically recycled to monomer

Author:

Vora Nemi12ORCID,Christensen Peter R.3,Demarteau Jérémy3ORCID,Baral Nawa Raj14ORCID,Keasling Jay D.15678ORCID,Helms Brett A.39ORCID,Scown Corinne D.141011ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

2. Advanced Systems Analysis Group, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria.

3. The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

4. Life-Cycle, Economics, and Agronomy Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.

5. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

6. The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.

7. Center for Synthetic Biochemistry, Institute for Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes for Advanced Technologies, Shenzhen, China.

8. Biofuels and Bioproducts Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.

9. Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

10. Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

11. Energy & Biosciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

Abstract

While not yet competitive with commodity polymers, PDKs are recycled to monomer at lower cost and emissions than virgin resins.

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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