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Dissolving the Plastic Problem
Molly Morse, CEO of Mango Materials, discusses the urgent need to address the plastic pollution problem through the development of eco-friendly bioplastics derived from waste methane. The company aims to convert methane—a potent greenhouse gas—into biodegradable and biobased polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) plastics, leveraging technology licensed from Stanford University. The vision is to provide affordable, sustainable plastic alternatives that have a positive environmental impact while avoiding the limitations of conventional and costly bioplastics.
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- 7. Plastics on aHawaiian beach !NOT biodegradable !Being banned!Made from petroleum Current plastics are:!
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- 9. $$$ Opportunity !Expensive !May use agriculturallands !Employ GMOs !Energy intensive Current bioplastics are:! $2 $1 $3
- 10. What is Methane? Agreenhouse gas Produced by
- 11. Methane Carbon dioxide Methane ! Methaneis 20 times more potent than Carbon Dioxide
- 12. Other waste methaneuses? Electricity Heating Fuel Flaring
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- 14. Vision + Mission Toturn waste into ecofriendly, affordable plastics while creating a positive environmental impact.
- 15. Definitions Biodegradable: Capable ofbeing broken down by microorganisms Biobased: Produced from rapidly renewable carbon Bioplastic: A biobased OR biodegradable plastic
- 16. Overview Patent-protected by IPlicensed from Stanford University Waste methane Bioreactor PHA bioplastic
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- 19. O C CC R H HH O Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) Bioplastic PHB is one type of PHA O C C C CH3 H HH O Poly-hydroxyalkanoate (PHA)
- 20. PLA: Inferior HeatProperties
- 21. PHA Characteristics !Similar propertiesas PP, HDPE, LDPE !Processed on standard plastic forming/molding equipment !Initially sell for $2.75/pound PHA granules !Biodegradable !Bio-based !Produced with no GMO !Sequesters methane =
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