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Bioplastics reduce CO2 emissions

Interview with Prof. Dr. Hans-Josef Endres, head of IKK Institute for Plastics and Circular Economy at Leibniz University of Hanover.

 
Algae-based carbon fibre offers environmental benefits

Renewable carbon fibre material combinations are opening up new applications in building and construction. Now, research from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has calculated that in theory, carbon fibres produced from algae oil, extracts more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than their production releases.