Transitioning to a Sustainable, Circular Economy for Plastics Workshop Presentations

Transitioning to a Sustainable, Circular Economy for Plastics Workshop Presentations

Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office

June 29, 2023

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Welcome and Workshop Introduction (1.03 MB)

Department of Energy’s Evolving Interests in Plastic Circularity (9.31 MB)

Changing Landscape for Plastics: International Policy Perspective (7.47 MB)

Current State of Plastic Recycling in the U.S. (3.49 MB)

Biomass Feedstock National User Facility Capabilities for Plastic Processing and Recycling (3.38 MB)

Molecular Recycling (713.04 KB)

Plastics recycling and design in the BOTTTLE Consortium (10.49 MB)

Plastic Recycling Challenges and Improvements – talks from the field (8.86 MB)

A Working Backwards Approach to Plastics (2.71 MB)

What polymers are best for packaging from a holistic sustainability perspective and technologies are needed to scale them? (3.55 MB)

The Confusion round biodegradability (3.01 MB)

Benefits and risks of new polymers in the current and future recycling system (2.33 MB)

Which plastics can easily/reasonably be replaced with biodegradable plastics? (701.41 KB)

beto-03-plastics-wkshp-june-2023-vijverman2.pdf (6.35 MB)