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Page 1: Bioplastics Suresh D. Pillai - IAEA Publications

Bioplastics

Sustaining a Marine Environment

Suresh D. Pillai

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Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

Plastics Have Changed Our Lives!

Page 3: Bioplastics Suresh D. Pillai - IAEA Publications

Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

The Reality Today…..

Page 4: Bioplastics Suresh D. Pillai - IAEA Publications

Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

The Reality Today …..

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Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

THIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE

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Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

Everything is Interconnected!!

Food Safety & Food Quality

Environmental

Quality

Public Health Animal Health

ONE-HEALTH

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Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

Bioplastics – the Need is Urgent!

Polymer chains with Susceptible linkages

Environment (Soil, water, compost Marine, sediment)

CO2 + H2O + cell biomass

Microbial Degradation

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Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

The Need is Urgent

• High Performance and multi-functional plastics

• Plastics that can degrade in land and water

• Plastics made from agricultural wastes

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Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

Change is Already Taking Place !

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Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

Technology Driving Bioplastics

Electron Beam Technology

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Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

Bioplastic Industry ~ $ 3 billion

242

347

320

116

Bioplastics Demand (thousand metric tons)

North America

Western Europe

Asia/Pacific

Other Regions

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Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

Bioplastic Industry Growth Areas

46.3

45.1

4.9 3.5

Global Bioplastic Production Capacity (%)

Asia

South America

Europe

North America

European Bioplastics, 2013

500%

present

2016

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Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

Bioplastics will use only 0.006% of

global agricultural area

Size of an average cherry tomato to that of the Eiffel Tower!!!

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Harnessing E-Beam and X-Ray Technologies to Clean, Heal, and Feed the World , and beyond…

Technology Transfer and Training are Key!