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“Green plastics” as substitutes for petrochemistry

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Focus on climate: The Bayer Climate Program photomontage shows the EcoCommercial Building, the Bayer Climate Check for production plants, stress-resistant plants and projects to use rapeseed oil plants for biofuels.

Climate protection is a top priority around the world. Oil shortages are likewise making the search for alternatives to fossil raw materials even more urgent. Scientists at Bayer MaterialScience are responding to these challenges. At present, chemicals made from petroleum still form the basis for most plastics.

Sport shoe on "green soles"
The idea of scientists at Bayer is to use renewable raw materials as the biological basis for high-quality polymers. For example, they want to use vegetable oils or vegetable waste from the paper industry or biodiesel production to manufacture car seats and “green shoe soles”. Insulating materials for refrigerators or floor coverings could soon also be produced in this way. Find out about the technologies being developed by Bayer’s trend scouts here.