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Green chemistry on the rise |
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Intratec develops pioneer study approaching green plastics production. | As many customers and investors increasingly want to know how chemical companies are addressing sustainable issues, several waves of sustainability thinking are sweeping across chemical producers, with some companies further advanced than others. There are the ones who are still focusing only on the energy usage and the carbon footprint, but there are the ones that are a step ahead, and also started examining the products themselves, beginning to ask whether they can produce materials in a more sustainable manner from renewable feedstocks. |  | Besides protecting against future tightness of oil supplies and likely higher oil prices, the use of "sustainable chemicals" also offers the potential to reduce carbon emissions. Such features make the development of green chemicals an emerging trend that will soon become a real competitive advantage for those who are beginning with that now.However, many big issues revolving around green plastics production require expert advising. With its deep expertise regarding the petrochemical sector and sustainable technologies, Intratec has just finished a comprehensive study approaching a wide range of green plastics manufacturing possibilities. This very pioneer study truly supported the complex decision-making process of a world class petrochemical company by answering key-questions as what renewable sources must be used*, the technology chain to be adopted*, what the capital, operating and logistic costs will be, and what the best strategy to join this brand new market is. (*) The study focused on agricultural residues – corn, rice, wheat, soy, etc – different types of grass, sugarcane ethanol, corn ethanol, biodiesel by-product glycerol, manure, and vegetable oils processed by several different technologies.
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