Could be ground breaking, could be a huge breakthrough, then again it could be a lot of hype, or not economically viable. But if it is commercially scaleable and viable, it could be a real game changer for the economy, environment and even for government policies.
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Researchers make game-changing discovery while experimenting with plastic replacements: 'It cannot be ignored'
Researchers from a company called Origin Materials just announced it's discovered a novel way to produce plastics using bio-based feedstocks.
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Researchers make game-changing discovery while experimenting with plastic replacements: 'It cannot be ignored'
by Justin HousmanDecember 29, 2024
"Intelligent investors, take note."
Photo Credit: Origin Materials
What if it's possible to produce plastics without making them from petrochemicals and without the plastic breaking into microparticles that take forever to degrade?
Well, researchers from Origin Materials are on the right track. The company just announced it's discovered a novel way to produce plastics using bio-based feedstocks, like sawdust, old cardboard, and wood chips.
Oh, and that's not all. While learning how to produce these kinds of bio-based plastics, the researchers also "stumbled on" a way to make traditional, petrochemical-based, single-use plastics much easier to recycle, according to a report by Forbes.
That's a big win-win.
As for the former discovery, scientists with Origin have learned to produce PET plastic, a kind of polyester plastic, using lignocellulosic biomass. That biomass is essentially created from broken-down wood fibers, per Forbes.
The plastic Origin can make from this biomass requires no hydrocarbons, which is one of the environmentally ruinous downsides to plastic production. According to Origin, if its plastics are made in a facility that uses clean energy, it can actually make plastics with a negative carbon footprint. And that's good for all of humanity.
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