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DESCRIPTION:Mechanical recycling of polymers downgrades them such that they
  are unusable after a few cycles. Alternatively\, chemical recycling to mo
 nomer offers a means to recover the embodied chemical feedstocks for reman
 ufacturing. However\, only a limited number of commodity polymers may be c
 hemically recycled\, and the processes remain resource intensive. We use s
 ystems analysis to quantify the costs and life-cycle carbon footprints of 
 virgin and chemically recycled conventional polymers as well as novel poly
 diketoenamines (PDKs) to understand the cost\, life-cycle greenhouse gas\,
  and infrastructure implications of reducing the accumulation of plastic w
 aste in landfills and the environment.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Corinne Scown\, 
 \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/282253
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/282253
ORGANIZER:brendankayes@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Dr. Corinne Scown\, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab: Circular plasti
 cs and their implications for the environment
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/282253
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Mechanical recycling of polymers downgrade
 s them such that they are unusable after a few cycles. Alternatively\, che
 mical recycling to monomer offers a means to recover the embodied chemical
  feedstocks for remanufacturing. However\, only a limited number of commod
 ity polymers may be chemically recycled\, and the processes remain resourc
 e intensive. We use systems analysis to quantify the costs and life-cycle 
 carbon footprints of virgin and chemically recycled conventional polymers 
 as well as novel polydiketoenamines (PDKs) to understand the cost\, life-c
 ycle greenhouse gas\, and infrastructure implications of reducing the accu
 mulation of plastic waste in landfills and the environment.</p>
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