The pan-European research project Carbon4PUR has taken the next step in investigating how waste gas from the steel industry can be turned into chemicals for valuable plastics.
The consortium has started evaluation of the ideal conditions for industrial-scale testing in southern France, where a steel mill of ArcelorMittal and a chemical plant of Covestro are close neighbours.
On a laboratory scale, the Carbon4PUR project has shown promising results with first plastic precursors having been obtained from flue gases such as CO2.
The consortium has invited representatives from industry, politics, media and authorities to a field trip on March 20th in the port city of Fos-sur-Mer, near Marseille, to inform about the status and discuss the future infrastructure needed to scale up research under real industrial conditions.