Sustainable Materials: Plastics Made From Corn and Biomass
March 11, 2009 by Eugene Tay
Filed under Events
Venue: Lecture Theatre 5, National University of Singapore, Engineering
Drive 2, Engineering Faculty
Look around us and the merits and problems of petroleum plastics are abundant. Issues range from the extraction process from crude oil, the additives and stabilizers that are toxic, the incineration of plastics which releases more green house gases, the non-biodegradability and harm to wildlife and pollution.
But today, there exist technologies where plastics can be made from sustainable raw materials such as corn, sugarcane and biomass. They have the added advantage of being naturally biodegradable and recyclable. Singapore has its own start ups (Olive Green, Grenidea) investing in these materials. Products currently include food packaging, utensils, credit cards, crockery and clothing.
We can abolish plastic pollution and also move away from oil. Discuss about these issues at this seminar with Olive Green founder Aloysius Cheong and polymer expert and deputy director of A*STAR, Professor PK Wong.
For details and registration, visit http://energycarta-seminars.wikispaces.com/.
