First published in Hydrocarbon Processing, May 2022
Plastic pollution’s environmental challenges, as well as new government legislation, are having a significant impact on the plastics industry. Polymer manufacturers are being urged to experiment and implement alternative production processes—such as bio-based plastics and recycling—to decarbonize their products.
The complexity associated with the development of alternative production processes is amplified by the fact that there are a variety of polymers, and the formulations generated by adding additives differ depending on how they are used.
