CS115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eurobarometer, Energy Recovery, Pet Bottle Recycling

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: CS115
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

General info and facts from european bio plastics organization website. Bioplastics_eng: bioplastics are, biobased: material is made from biomass (plants) Based on corn, sugarcane or cellulose: biodegradable: micro-organisms in the environment (dependant on environment) can convert the material into natural substances (h2o, co2 and compost) without artificial additives, or mix of both, benefits, increasing resource efficiency. After used for materials, biomass can be reused for energy production: reduction of carbon footprint, saves fossil resources. Textile fibers, automotive like foams (seating casings, cables, hoses: durable, usually not biodegradable, plastics that are both biobased and biodegradable, such as pla and pha or. Ex. new biobased monomers such as succinic acid, butanediol, propane diol or fatty acid derivatives: now focused on renewability of these materials, plastics that are based on fossil resources and are biodegradable, such as pbat. Used in combination with starch or other bioplastics. Improve application-specific performance of bioplastics: still made in petrochemical production processes, cycle o o.