Kickstart: Revving up interest in sustainability through racing
Revving up interest in sustainability through racing
Sustainability is a good story, but it s not always the most exciting. Life cycle analysis studies supporting the role of plastics will often be shoved aside in favor of familiar if not accurate claims about islands made of plastic.
But Formula 1 car racing? That ll get some attention. To be specific, DuPont Co. is part of a partnership supporting Formula E, which uses electric-powered race cars on Formula 1 courses, to help accelerate new technology for electric vehicles.
Tina Wu, vice president and general manager of DuPont s advanced solutions group, says the partnership will allow motorsports to function as a proving ground for new technology, our sister paper
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The biobased and sustainable plastics sector aims to create green products from biological based inputs, residue and wastes. This will play an important role in global efforts to achieve a green circular economy. Compared to the conventional plastics sector the industry is small, but undergoing rapid developments due to new technological innovations and increased consumer and industry demand. A market boom is expected over the next few years, with production capacities to increase by >30% by 2025.
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Global production capacities for biobased and sustainable plastics, market demand and trends 2019-2030.
As polylactic acid becomes an increasingly established material option, demand has soared. For almost two decades, NatureWorks has been the driving force behind the development of this market.