The coming era of “green” plastics
Chemists are investigating ways to use carbon dioxide removed from smokestack emissions to make a raw material for the production of DVDs, CD-ROMs, beverage bottles and other products made from polycarbonate plastics.
Apart from the benefits in terms of combating climate change, using CO2 normally released the atmosphere as a feedstock for the chemical industry, and therefore turning a myriad of plastic products into a kind of “carbon sink”, could offer consumers less expensive, and safer than current production methods.
Continue reading… “Capturing Carbon to Create Greener Plastics”
