{"id":71547,"date":"2020-02-12T07:35:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T06:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=71547"},"modified":"2020-02-07T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T13:28:10","slug":"sugarcane-bagasse-may-replace-oil-in-plastic-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/sugarcane-bagasse-may-replace-oil-in-plastic-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugarcane bagasse may replace oil in plastic production"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP) has created a composite out of sugarcane bagasse that may replace oil in the production of plastic. The research is signed by Professor Antonio Burtoloso with the S\u00e3o Paulo Chemistry Institute<\/a>. \u201cWe built an interesting molecule, a polyol, which is used to make certain types of plastic,\u201d the scientist explained.<\/p>\n

The substance, Burtoloso said, is like the one used to manufacture types of plastic used in dashboards and some sorts of hard foam. In order to test usage possibilities, however, the expert is seeking partnerships with the industry. \u201cIt\u2019s a rather incipient work. I\u2019ve been attempting to forge partnerships for the construction of this kind of material,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The initiative seeks alternatives to oil in the manufacture of this type of material. \u201cInstead of building molecules from carbon sources that are not renewable\u2014as is the case today, where nearly a hundred percent comes from oil\u2014we used another carbon source, which is biomass,\u201d he pointed out, regarding the goals of his research. The results were published in British journal Green Chemistry.<\/p>\n

The raw material studied in the research can be found in large amounts in the country. According to a 2017 study by the Agricultural Economy Institute, mentioned by the professor, Brazil generated some 166 million tons of sugarcane bagasse in its 2015\/16 harvest.<\/p>\n

A long development period is necessary so that the molecule may reach the market in the form of finished materials. \u201cI don\u2019t see it becoming a product ready for consumers in less than five years,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

Only after industrial testing will it be possible to estimate large-scale production costs of by-products based on the new molecule or the time for these items to decompose after disposal. \u201cOnce we\u2019re able to show this material is valid as a replacement for current types of plastic, we have to conduct all of the study on degradation,\u201d he said, when talking about the stages of the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP) has created a composite out of sugarcane bagasse that may replace oil in the production of plastic. The research is signed by Professor Antonio Burtoloso with the S\u00e3o Paulo Chemistry Institute. \u201cWe built an interesting molecule, a polyol, which is used to make certain types of plastic,\u201d the scientist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,10408,11966],"supplier":[1309],"class_list":["post-71547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-greenchemistry","tag-plastics","supplier-university-of-so-paulo-brasilien"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71547"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=71547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}