Biomass contributes to plastic production

KMS Baltics
24.02.2012

Chemists at Utrecht University have successfully managed to create plastics from biomass thanks to a new type of catalyst.

Head researcher of the project, Professor Krijn de Jong, said the products used are exactly the same as the petroleum ones but are made of pruning waste instead.

The petroleum-free products are made using a catalyst consisting of iron nanoparticles measuring 0.00002 millimetres.

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