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12 december 2024

Lunch & Learn: Chemical recycling

…an exploration of current processes and ongoing research

Join us for our Lunch & Learn session on chemical recycling! Chemical recycling is important because it reduces waste, provides renewable raw materials, offers sustainable solutions for plastic pollution, creates high-quality materials and saves energy. This contributes to a circular economy and provides new economic opportunities.

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During this Lunch & Learn session, Qian Zhou – Associate Professor Chemical Recycling will showcase examples from MNEXT projects that utilize two key techniques: pyrolysis, which involves heating organic materials to produce valuable products, and solvolysis, which uses reactive solvents to break chemical bonds.  We’ll also explore source-based recycling strategies that provide materials with recyclability from the origin.

Program

12:15 Introduction by Jappe de Best, Professor Biobased Resources & Energy
12:20 Presentation Chemical Recycling by Qian Zhou, Associate Professor Chemical Recycling
12:45 Discussion
13:00 End of Lunch & Learn