WS4 Demand for chemical products
Background: Demand for chemical products is driven by a combination of various factors: population and economic growth, changes in the materials chosen for each given application, and the replacement...
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WS5 Recycling and end-of-life options
Background: Primary feedstocks to the chemical manufacturing industry include ethane, propane, butanes, and pentanes (known as C2−C5 alkanes or natural gas liquids, NGLs). These are converted to more reactive...
WS6 Economic context
Background: Robust discussion of plastics recycling has occurred for nearly 50 years, yet only about 10% of plastics are recycled. Most analyses compare the cost of recycled plastics to...
WS7 Business landscape
Background: This workstream will address the system-wide response of petrochemical sub-sectors to specific actions and interventions, and the consequential GHG emissions impact. In addition, it will provide broad contextual...