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5 tracks in Plastics & Recycling

All Agriculture Biomedical & Specialty Coatings & Surfaces Industrial Chemistry Leather & Hides Paper & Packaging Plastics & Recycling Textiles & Fabrics Wood & Construction

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L.I.N.K.

Labile Interchain Network Knitting

Biodegradable Plastic Crosslinker

60 score

Bioplastics like PLA and PHA suffer from poor heat resistance, brittleness, and limited mechanical performance compared ...

Total Addressable Market

Urgent Intermediate TRL 1-2
0

F.U.S.E.

Feedstock Unification & Synergistic Engineering

Mixed Plastic Compatibilizer

46 score

Mixed plastic waste — the unsorted residue after PET and HDPE are removed — represents over 60% of all plastic waste and...

Total Addressable Market

Emerging Unproven Advanced TRL 1
0

C.O.R.E.

Circular Organics Recycling Engineering

PLA Depolymerization

40 score

Polylactic acid (PLA) was promoted as the biodegradable solution to plastic pollution, but in practice, PLA only degrade...

Total Addressable Market

Urgent Advanced TRL 1-2
1

F.I.B.R.E.

Functional Interface for Bio-based Reinforcement Engineering

Carbon Fiber Precursor Sizing

35 score

Carbon fiber production starts with polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor fiber, which requires surface sizing agents for pr...

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Emerging Advanced TRL 1-2
0

M.E.L.T.

Material Enhancement through Lifecycle Technology

PET Hydrolysis Catalyst

25 score

PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is the world's most common plastic for bottles and food packaging, with over 70 million...

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Growing Partial Science Advanced TRL 1
0