Biodegradable Polymers in the Circular Plastics Economy

This comprehensive approach encompasses all aspects from renewable resources, over synthesis, with marketing and policy issues, to degradation and environmental impacts. It offers the reader a broad but focused look and guide into the fast developing biodegradable plastics field.

Michiel Dusselier is tenure track professor at KU Leuven, Belgium, in the faculty of Bioscience Engineering. He co-founded the Center for Sustainable Catalysis and Engineering (CSCE), where he explores zeolite synthesis, reactor design, functional biodegradable plastics, and heterogeneous catalysis (CO2 activation). He has co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed papers, 7 patents, and 8 book chapters. JeanPaul Lange is senior principal science expert at Shell in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and professor at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, where he is exploring novel catalytic processes for producing fuels and chemicals from natural gas, oil, biomass, and waste plastic. He is coauthor of 100 patents, 70 papers, and 7 book chapters.