The Minderoo-Monaco commission on plastics and human health

PJ Landrigan, H Raps, M Cropper, C Bald… - Annals of Global …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

[HTML][HTML] Review and meta-analysis of recent life cycle assessments of hydrogen production

J Wilkinson, T Mays, M McManus - Cleaner Environmental Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
The world is facing an urgent global climate challenge, and hydrogen (H 2) is increasingly
valued as a carbon-free energy carrier that can play a prominent role in decarbonising …

Decarbonization of the chemical industry through electrification: Barriers and opportunities

DS Mallapragada, Y Dvorkin, MA Modestino… - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
The chemical industry is a major source of economic productivity and employment globally
and among the top 3 industrial sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, along with …

[HTML][HTML] Replacing traditional plastics with biodegradable plastics: impact on carbon emissions

G Chen, J Li, Y Sun, Z Wang, GA Leeke, C Moretti… - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, a great deal of attention has been focused on the environmental impact of
plastics, including the carbon emissions related to plastics, which has promoted the …

[HTML][HTML] Life-cycle analysis of recycling of post-use plastic to plastic via pyrolysis

UR Gracida-Alvarez, PT Benavides, U Lee… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced recycling enables the application of post-use plastics (PUP) to produce valuable
industrial chemicals and develop markets for recycled feedstocks. Pyrolysis is one of the …

Life cycle assessment of hydrogen production, storage, and utilization toward sustainability

AI Osman, M Nasr, AR Mohamed… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the pursuit of sustainable energy solutions, hydrogen emerges as a promising candidate
for decarbonization. The United States has the potential to sell wind energy at a record‐low …

Towards the production of net-negative greenhouse gas emission bio-based plastics from 2nd and 3rd generation feedstocks

E Van Roijen, SA Miller - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Here, we show production pathways for greenhouse gas (GHG)-negative bio-based plastics
from 2nd and 3rd generation feedstocks. We focus on bio-based plastics that are technically …

Low-carbon transformation of ethylene production system through deployment of carbon capture, utilization, storage and renewable energy technologies

C Zheng, X Wu, X Chen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Ethylene industry contributes significantly to the world economy, but the conventional steam
cracking based production process generates huge amount of CO 2 emissions due to …

[HTML][HTML] Steam cracking in a semi-industrial dual fluidized bed reactor: tackling the challenges in thermochemical recycling of plastic waste

C Mandviwala, RF Franco, TB Vilches, I Gogolev… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Steam cracking is an integral process in the plastic manufacturing industry. Conventional
steam crackers are tubular reactors and use fossil-based feedstocks like naphtha and LPG …

Climate impact of primary plastic production

N Karali, N Khanna, N Shah - 2024 - escholarship.org
Plastics show the strongest production growth of all bulk materials over the last decade. The
industry's current growth trajectory is exponential and plastic production is expected to …