Plastics Deconstruction and Redesign

The U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) hosted its 2023 Project Peer Review on April 3‒7, 2023. The presentations from the Plastics Deconstruction and Redesign session are available to view below. For more information, including a complete schedule, view the 2023 Project Peer Review Agenda.

Plastics Deconstruction and Redesign
Title	Speaker	Organization
Technology Area Introduction	Coralie Backlund	BETO
Introduction & BOTTLE Overview	Gregg Beckham, Meredith Doyle, Michelle Reed	BOTTLE Consortium
Analysis	Jason DesVeaux, Taylor Uekert	BOTTLE Consortium
Deconstruction	Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Taraka Dale	BOTTLE Consortium
Upcycling	Adam Guss	BOTTLE Consortium
Redesign & Modeling	Eugene Chen, Linda Broadbelt	BOTTLE Consortium
Characterization	Christopher Tassone, Meltem Urgun-Demirtas	BOTTLE Consortium
Industry Projects & Engagement	Kat Knauer	BOTTLE Consortium
Hybrid Approach to Repurpose Plastics Using Novel Engineered Processes (HARNESS)	Kate Kucharzyk	Battelle Memorial Institute
Multi-University Center on Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics (CUWP)	George Huber	University of Wisconsin-Madison
ResIn: Responsible Innovation for Highly Recyclable Plastics	Linda Broadbelt	Northwestern University
Trojan Horse Repeat Sequences for Triggered Chemical Recycling of Polyesters for Films and Bottles	Eric Cochran	Iowa State University
Upcycling PET via the VolCat Process	Greg Breyta	IBM
Designing Recyclable Biomass-Based Polyesters	George Huber	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Production of high-performance biodegradable polyurethane products made from algae precursors	Michael Burkart	University of California, San Diego
Hybrid Chemical-Mechanical Separation and Upcycling of Mixed Plastic Waste	Mike Hore	Case Western
Circular Economy of Composites Enabled by TuFF Technology	Joseph Deitzel	University of Delaware
Highly Recyclable Thermosets for Lightweight Composites	Junpeng Wang	University of Akron
Modular Catalytic Reactors for Single-Use Polyolefin Conversion to Lubricating Oils from Upcycled Plastics (LOUPs)	Aaron Sadow	Iowa State
Upscaling of non-recyclable plastic waste into CarbonSmart^TM monomers	Ching Leang	LanzaTech
Degradable Biocomposite Thermoplastic Polyurethanes	Jon Pokorski	University of California, San Diego
Recyclable and Biodegradable Manufacturing and Processing of Plastics and Polymers based on Renewable Branched Caprolactones	Paul Dauenhauer	University of Minnesota
A closed loop upcycling of single-use plastic films to biodegradable polymers	Xianglan Bai	Iowa State
Integrated Chemolytic Delamination and Plasma Carbonization for the Upcycling of Single-Use Multi-layer Plastic Films	Hsi-Wu Wong	University of Massachusetts Lowell
Catalytic Deconstruction of Plasma treated Single-Use Plastics to Value-added Chemicals and Novel Materials	Debasish Kuila	North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Process Intensified Modular Upcycling of Plastic Films to Monomers by Microwave Catalysis	Yuxin Wang	West Virginia University
All-Polyester Multilayer Plastics (All-Polyester MLPs): A Redesign for Inherently Recyclable Plastics	Muhammad Rabnawaz	Michigan State University
Infinitely Recyclable and Biodegradable Films for Improved Food Packaging	Ally Robinson	TDA Research, Inc.
Development of Infinitely Recyclable Single-Polymer Chemistry Bio-based Multilayer Films Using Ethylene/Carbon Monoxide Copolymers	Hadi Mohammadi	Braskem