Two German scientists (Juergen Pfitzer and Helmut Naegele) invented “liquid wood,” which has the potential to save significant fossil fuel and natural resources.
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The scientists found that lignin, a key ingredient in every piece of wood, can be “transformed” into a renewable plastic if it’s mixed just the right way. Lignin, combined with resins, flax and other natural [...]
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… Toyota’s Eco-plastic is, on the surface, a simple technology, but it is one with real potential. Rather than manufacturing some of the plastic components used in the Toyota Prius and Lexus HS 250h from petroleum, a number are made from the oils derived from non-food-grade plants. In the case of the HS 250h the seat [...] Researchers look for plants that can replace hydrocarbons in applications ranging from seat cushions to bumpers. It’s back to the future for plastics researchers at Ford Motor Co. Henry Ford famously unveiled a “Soybean Car” in 1941 at an annual community festival in Dearborn, MI (USA). Fourteen plastic panels strengthened with soy fiber reduced the weight of [...] Ford’s holistic and sky’s-the-limit approach to using more sustainable materials means that researchers are hard at work developing new implementations of other renewable materials to help reduce resource burdens, waste and emissions as well as help reduce the weight of vehicles and improve their fuel economy. Applications on the horizon include: Corn-based, compostable and natural-fiber filled [...] … “Several years ago, BASF and Dow decided to make a commitment for natural-based urethanes chemistry. BASF went the castor oil route and Dow chose to work with soybean oil,” says Slovin [CEO of US-based B&P Process Equipment and Systems]. “The way I read it, Dow is now trying to catch up, as castor in urethanes [...] Toyota Motor plans to replace plastics (20% in weight) for its automobiles with bioplastics by 2015. Toyota first used bioplastics in 2003. The spare tire cover and the floor mat of the Raum were made of a composite based on polylactic acid (PLA) and kenaf (Cellulose fibres). Source Deep inside the laboratories of Ford Motor Co.’s research and innovation center, one lab feels a lot more like a witch’s pantry than a place for developing the green cars and trucks of the future. …. When Mielewski (Technical Leader) first proposed exploring replacing petroleum in plastics and other materials in 2001, her idea was viewed with [...] Cargill has broken ground on a $22-million BiOH™ brand polyols manufacturing plant in Chicago. The new production facility will be the first world-scale biobased polyols plant. Expected to be operational before the end of the year, the new plant will produce Cargill’s BiOH soybean-based polyols – an ingredient that replaces petroleum-based chemicals traditionally used in [...] |
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