New Method of Creating Sustainable Polymers with Biomass

Bioenergy

Among the global businesses responsible for 55% of the world’s plastic packaging waste are both state-owned and multinational corporations, including oil, gas, and chemical companies. Currently, there are about 8% of total fossil oils used to manufacture polymers. It is predicted that this number could increase to 20% by 2050.

Published: Dec, 20, 2021

What can we do to change this? Lignin is a top candidate as a base for new bio-polymers. Not only it is the second most abundantly found biomass polymer but is also a renewable carbon source that is readily available. With substitution potential, lignin can be crosslinked with different other kinds of polymers to be used in a variety of material forms.