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Key innovation: Its polymer-manufacturing processes use carbon dioxide to make plastics needed for packaging.
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A cobalt-based catalyst developed by founding chemists from Cornell University facilitates the reaction of petroleum compounds with carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide to form common plastics used in packaging, electronics cases, and absorbent materials. The process could put carbon emissions from power plants and industry to commercial use, rather than requiring costly, unproven technology to sequester them underground.
Novomer - Technology Review
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