611055 Recent Advances in Plastics Upcycling

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Environmental Division (09) (PreRecorded+)
Gregg T. Beckham1, Brenna A. Black1, David G. Brandner1, Alberta Carpenter2, Rita Clare1, Lucas D. Ellis1, Erika Erickson1, John McGeehan3, Ana R. C. Morais1, Scott Nicholson2, Isabel Pardo1, Nicholas A. Rorrer1, Avantika Singh4, Kevin Sullivan1, Allison Werner1 and Chen Wang1, (1)Renewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)Strategic Energy Analysis Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (3)Centre for Enzyme Innovation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, (4)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

This talk will review our group's recent efforts in the deconstruction and upcycling of today's plastics using chemical catalysis, enzymes, and engineered microbes. Examples include depolymerization of PET using enzymatic catalysts, depolymerization of polyolefins with chemical catalysis, and upcycling of plastics-derived intermediates using biological funneling. Analysis of the major plastics consumed in the United States will also be presented, describing the supply chain energy and greenhouse gas emissions associated with commodity plastics as a foundational dataset for evaluating new circular economy and bio-based plastics technologies.

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