Division/Committee: [POLY] Division of Polymer Chemistry

Our society is shifting from a linear economic model (take-make-use-dispose) to a circular economic model (raw-make-use-recycle/regenerate to raw) with the use of recycling and upcycling processes. This symposium focuses on waste carbon utilization via upcycling waste-carbon-containing feedstocks (e.g., waste plastics, waste biomass, CO2, etc.) to more valuable materials (e.g., surfactant, polymers, and other building blocks). Scientists, engineers, and technologists interested in the latest developments and advances in this diverse field are highly encouraged to contribute oral and poster presentations and join the discussion. Topics include but not limited to: 1. Upcycled products from waste-carbon feedstocks – for example, surfactants from waste plastics, chemicals and polymers from waste biomass or CO2 2. Upcycling Processes and associated techno-economic analysis (TEA) and life cycle assessment (LCA) 3. Product Characterization – for example, process-structure-property relationships and property/composition/impurities relative to virgin materials 4. Recyclable-by-Design Polymers – for example, the design of circular materials using waste carbon building blocks

Eleftheria Roumeli

University of Washington

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