Pre-Conference Webinar

Advancing Circular Supply Chains: BOTTLE’s Innovations for Sustainable Plastics Management

Wednesday | September 6 | 11:00 am – 11:50 am EDT

Supply chain sustainability is increasingly important for the future of business and the world as a whole. Globally, companies are looking at various initiatives when it comes to sustainability, including energy efficiency, product packaging, alternative fuels, optimized routes, and returns management. More recently, we have seen a push towards building a circular supply chain to eliminate waste and build a continual use of resources.

Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment (BOTTLE™) is a U.S. Department of Energy multi-organization consortium focused on developing new upcycling strategies for today’s plastics and redesign plastics to be more inherently recyclable-by-design to achieve a circular plastics supply chain.

BOTTLE is employing four major strategies to achieve this vision:

• Conduct analysis driven research using techno-economic analysis and life-cycle analysis to identify optimum solutions;
• Redefine circularity by implementing upcycling paradigms;
• Breakdown the walls between mechanical, chemical, and biological processes and combine innovations to achieve the most efficient and economical pathways for waste management;
• Redesign plastics with built in recyclability

This complimentary webinar will provide a status update on BOTTLE’s flagship technologies and strategies for scale-up and deployment.