Using carbon dioxide to make greener plastics
Christoph Gürtler and Walter Leitner named European Inventor Award 2021 finalists German chemists nominated for European Patent Office (EPO) prize for their method of using waste carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the production of polyurethane-based plastic products. Technique is accelerating the shift to the circular economy by enabling commercially viable re-use of CO₂.
A product of collaboration between industry and academia, the breakthrough reduces the amount of crude oil used in the production of essential everyday products, from mattresses and flooring to car interiors. Zoom in ).addClass( image-details ); var $imageCaption = $( ).addClass( image-caption ).text(caption);