UW-Madison project combines art, policy and science to create plant-based plastics and benefit marginalized communities
October 17, 2023
October 17, 2023
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 17 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news:
Shown here in a glass beaker, lignin -- a complex substance that makes plants strong -- could provide an alternative to petroleum-derived chemicals like benzene, toluene and xylenes that serve as building blocks for plastics, biofuels and solvents as well as drugs and food additives. Photo by: CHELSEA MAMMOT
A team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison scholars has a pl . . .
Shown here in a glass beaker, lignin -- a complex substance that makes plants strong -- could provide an alternative to petroleum-derived chemicals like benzene, toluene and xylenes that serve as building blocks for plastics, biofuels and solvents as well as drugs and food additives. Photo by: CHELSEA MAMMOT
A team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison scholars has a pl . . .