Circular Design of Bio-Based Polymer for Sustainable Bioproducts

Polymer industries are fundamental to modern production and daily life, playing a key role in the current economies. However, over the last decades, this sector has grown significantly, producing an increase in resource consumption and environmental impacts. It is also heavily dependant on petroleum-based monomers and polymers that are not designed for degradation or recycling, directly contributing to waste accumulation and greenhouse gas emissions. Including circular economy strategies and bio-based feedstocks into the industrial material flows, the waste and green gas emission are expected to be significantly lowered. In this context, this session will explore emerging and innovative approaches to enhance material circularity based on bio-based feedstocks, especially aiming for the development of chemicals and products that are bio-based, recyclable, and following sustainable end-of-life strategies. The “Circular design of bio-based polymer for sustainable bioproducts’ symposium will incorporate topics including synthetic polymer derived from bio-based feedstocks, natural polymers, biopolymer recycling and degradation, green chemistry principles on material design, and alternatives to reduce waste and energy consumption in bio-based polymer productions. Presentations will address these challenges and potential solutions to implement biopolymers in the modern polymer industries, with the aim to reduce the environmental impact and promote sustainable practices.

Hanno Erythropel, Ph.D., Yale University

Lars Ratjen

Paul Anastas, Yale University

Peter Licence, The University of Nottingham

Hanno Erythropel, Ph.D., Yale University

Lars Ratjen

Paul Anastas, Yale University

Peter Licence, The University of Nottingham