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REMADE Academy is proud to present this webinar focusing on the chemical recycling of plastics presented by Paschalis Alexandridis, UB Distinguished Professor in the Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY).
The annual global production of plastics has reached 1 trillion pounds, with only a small fraction of the plastics no longer in use being recycled. This leaves a lot of value on the table. The recycling of plastics can recover valuable resources, but plastics recycling is challenging.
In this webinar, the basic principles of Advanced /chemical / molecular (ACM) recycling of plastics processes are introduced. The applicability of ACM processes to specific polymeric feedstocks, the product outputs and post-processing requirements for each type of ACM recycling process, and the pros and cons of each technology are highlighted. Aspects related to the economics, life cycle assessment, and current business and regulatory landscapes of advanced /chemical / molecular recycling of plastics are discussed.
Guest Speakers
Paschalis Alexandridis is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), where he has served as Director of the Materials Science and Engineering program and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He received his PhD in chemical engineering from MIT and carried out postdoctoral research in polymer physical chemistry at Lund University. Alexandridis is an expert on soft matter and complex fluids, whose research bridges molecular organization to mesoscale structure, and translates these into processes and products that are energy-efficient and environmentally responsible. Ongoing projects address block copolymer self-assembly and PFAS sequestration. In the field of plastics recycling, Alexandridis is leading projects on classification and sorting, advanced/chemical/molecular recycling, and recycling of multilayer films. Alexandridis has 200 journal publications and 6 US patents (Google Scholar h-index 83 and 26,000 citations). He is a Fellow of AAAS, AIChE, RSC, and IAAM, and held leadership positions within AIChE Area 1C: "Interfacial Phenomena" and the ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Alexandridis is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, Review Editor of the Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, and Section Editor-in-Chief of Polymers. (https://www.cbe.buffalo.edu/alexandridis)