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ClearCarbon for Chemicals:How can biomass contribute to the defossilisation of the chemicals sector?
This study examines how biomass feedstocks can contribute to defossilising the chemicals sector, analyzing pathways for replacing fossil-derived carbon with bio-based carbon in chemical manufacturing processes.
Defossilising fuels and chemicals – a systemic analysis from feedstock and technology, to hurdles and enablers
A systemic analysis examined the pathways and challenges of replacing fossil-derived fuels and chemicals with bio-based alternatives, highlighting trade-offs in sustainability and scalability. The work is relevant to reducing the fossil-plastic pipeline that drives ongoing microplastic pollution.
Replacing all petroleum-based chemical products with natural biomass-based chemical products: a tutorial review
This tutorial review explores the feasibility of replacing petroleum-based chemical products with alternatives derived from natural biomass. The study examines the current ratio of petroleum-derived chemical production and outlines pathways for transitioning to plant-based and other renewable feedstocks. The review suggests that biomass-based replacements could significantly reduce plastic pollution and dependence on fossil fuels.
Planet compatible pathways for transitioning the chemical industry
Researchers modeled seven planet-compatible transition pathways for the global chemical industry to 2050, finding that combining resource efficiency, circularity, and feedstock substitution interventions could reduce chemicals demand by 23-33% and require total investments of US$1.2-3.7 trillion, with demand-side measures being critical to managing constraints on biogenic and recyclate feedstocks.
An Overview of the Non-Energetic Valorization Possibilities of Plastic Waste via Thermochemical Processes
This review surveys non-energetic valorization options for plastic waste through chemical recycling, covering solvolysis, enzymatic depolymerization, and catalytic cracking pathways that recover monomers or chemical feedstocks. The authors compare process maturity and economic viability, identifying PET and nylon depolymerization as the most commercially advanced chemical recycling routes.
The U.S. plastics recycling economy :
This NIST report analyzes the current state of US plastics recycling, comparing state and international recycling programs, examining incentives and barriers for different stakeholders, and evaluating the potential of chemical recycling to supplement mechanical recycling.
Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges
This review examined the full life cycle of plastics and evaluated options for managing plastic waste, with a focus on chemical recycling technologies. The study suggests that overcoming barriers to industrial chemical recycling could open new opportunities for reducing plastic pollution.
Performance evaluation of biogenic CO2‐based renewable chemicals: A holistic life cycle assessment and multi‐criteria approach
Researchers conducted an integrated life cycle assessment and life cycle costing analysis of emerging bioprocesses that convert biogenic CO2 into value-added chemicals through gas and liquid fermentation pathways, applying a multi-criteria decision-making framework combining analytic hierarchy process and TOPSIS methods. The study evaluated the environmental and economic performance of these carbon utilization routes as potential pathways for decarbonizing the chemical sector.
Strategic selection tool for thermoplastic materials in a renewable circular economy: Identifying future circular polymers
Researchers developed a strategic material selection tool to guide the transition toward a renewable circular economy for thermoplastics, helping identify which polymers can meet performance requirements while being decoupled from fossil feedstocks and compatible with biodegradation or closed-loop recycling.
An Overview of Hydrogen Production from Renewable Sources and Its Main Applications
This review provides an overview of hydrogen production methods from renewable sources and their main technological applications in energy generation and organic synthesis. Researchers discuss alternatives to fossil fuel dependence, noting that fossil fuels currently supply about 87% of global energy demand. The study highlights hydrogen as a key component of a sustainable energy future, addressing multiple dimensions of sustainability beyond just greenhouse gas emissions.
Defossilizing Chemical Industry as an Integrated Solution for Indonesia's Climate and Pandemic Crisis
This book chapter examines defossilizing the chemical industry as an integrated solution to Indonesia's climate crisis and pandemic recovery, framing it within a broader environmental and technology strategy that also addresses microplastics and persistent organic pollutants. The study argues that transitioning away from fossil-based chemical production can contribute simultaneously to sustainability and post-pandemic resilience.
Pathways to sustainable plastics. Unlocking opportunities in biobased plastic
This report examines pathways toward sustainable plastics production, finding that manufacturing new plastic from recycled content is the preferred circular economy route and that biobased feedstocks from biomass, recycled plastics, and CO2 can enable a transition away from fossil-based polymer production.
Sustainable Management of Organic Waste and Recycling for Bioplastics: A LCA Approach for the Italian Case Study
Researchers used life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental trade-offs of collecting organic waste for biodegradable plastic production in Italy, finding that the system could reduce fossil resource use but that impacts depended heavily on collection efficiency and the end-of-life pathway chosen.
Key challenges in the advancement and industrialization of biobased and biodegradable plastics: a value chain overarching perspective
Experts at an international symposium identified key challenges preventing biobased and biodegradable polymers from competing with conventional plastics at industrial scale. The study highlights barriers including high production costs, limited feedstock availability, performance gaps, and the lack of standardized end-of-life infrastructure. Researchers suggest that overcoming these obstacles will require coordinated efforts across the entire value chain, from raw material sourcing to waste management systems.
Plastics Are Paving the Way for a Greener Future and Accelerating Decarbonization
This review examines how fossil fuel-based polymers contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals by enabling applications in solar energy, energy storage, low-carbon transportation, and plastic waste-to-biofuel conversion via thermochemical processes including pyrolysis. The authors argue that a dual strategy combining bio-based polymer development with advanced recycling is necessary to decarbonize the plastics sector.
Chemical-Physical Characterization of Bio-Based Biodegradable Plastics in View of Identifying Suitable Recycling/Recovery Strategies and Numerical Modeling of PLA Pyrolysis
Researchers characterized several bio-based and biodegradable polymer alternatives to conventional plastics using chemical-physical methods, assessing their suitability for industrial composting and identifying challenges in managing these bioplastics in the existing waste stream.
Sustainable Petrochemical Alternatives From Plastic Upcycling
This review examined pathways for upcycling plastic waste into sustainable petrochemical alternatives, addressing the poor end-of-life recovery prospects that allow carbon-rich plastics to degrade into microplastics in landfills and oceans. The paper assessed chemical and thermochemical conversion technologies that could turn plastic waste into feedstocks for the chemical industry.
Pyrolysis in the Chemical Industry and Its Major Industrial Applications
This review examines pyrolysis as an irreversible thermochemical process applied across the chemical industry to convert petroleum, coal, wood, biomass, oil shale, and organic waste into carbon products, gases, and condensable liquids, with applications including fuel production from biomass. The authors describe how pyrolysis product distributions can be controlled by optimizing temperature and residence time parameters.
Bioplastics as Better Alternative to Petroplastics and Their Role in National Sustainability: A Review
This review examines bioplastics as a more environmentally sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics, discussing their advantages including lower carbon footprint and biodegradability, while noting that higher production costs currently limit their ability to compete with conventional plastics.
Parametric Life Cycle Assessment of Chemical Recycling of Nylon-6 to Caprolactam
Researchers conducted the first life cycle assessment of four chemical recycling routes for converting waste nylon-6 back to its monomer caprolactam. The study found that a solvent-free alkaline process achieved approximately 80% reduction in global warming potential compared to fossil-based production, though none of the recycling routes fully met net-zero emission targets needed for limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Bioplastics and biodegradable plastics: A review of recent advances, feasibility and cleaner production
Researchers systematically reviewed over 280 articles on bioplastics and biodegradable plastics, finding that while polylactic acid and polyhydroxyalkanoates reduce fossil fuel dependence, their higher production costs, lower durability, and tendency to form microplastics when improperly composted remain significant barriers to replacing conventional plastics.
Mitigating greenhouse gases emissions in processing fossil carbon containing industrial waste
Researchers assessed best available techniques (BAT) for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from waste treatment of fossil carbon-containing materials including oil, plastic, and rubber. The analysis found that recycling is the primary recommended method, and that effective GHG mitigation policy requires integrating waste management with full product life-cycle optimization.
Can Europe build a bioeconomy?
This review examines Europe's capacity to build a bioeconomy, reporting on large-scale chemical plant construction projects across Finland, Germany, Slovakia, and France as indicators of industrial momentum toward bio-based production systems.
Review of Domestic and Foreign Technology Trends for the Development of Exploring Alternative Candidate Algorithms
This review examines domestic and international technology trends for developing computational algorithms that identify safer chemical alternatives, in response to tightening global chemical regulations and consumer safety demands. The authors assess existing approaches and identify opportunities to strengthen alternative chemical development through advanced screening tools.