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Re:Durable plastic gets a sustainability makeover in novel p... by m0llusk on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @01:44AM (#43022566)
Nearly any petrochemical derived polymer can also be constructed from plant sugars. Much of this has been known for a while and the real question is how to scale these processes industrially and integrate them with existing supply chains for plastic production. In this case it appears that alcohol is synthesized from plants for production:

... synthesis and characterization of a strong thermoplastic made from 2,3-dihydrofuran (DHF), a monomer made in one step from 1,4-butanediol, a bioalcohol already produced on the plant scale. ...

from https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.2c06103

Re:Durable plastic gets a sustainability makeover in novel p... by awanderingmind on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @01:55AM (#43022609)
Interesting comment, thank you.