A new facility in Espoo, Finland, will turn bio-based carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from sectors such as the forest industry and waste incineration into compounds that can replace fossil raw materials in plastic products and chemicals.
Built in sea containers in the Bioruukki pilot centre by VTT, LUT University and other companies, the pilot plant stems from the partners’ Forest CUMP research project.
The project investigated how bio-based CO2 can be turned into high-value products such as polypropylene and polyethylene.
According to Juha Lehtonen, Research Professor at VTT, Finland has huge potential to be one of the leading countries in utilising bio-based CO2.
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