Manufacturing plastics and resins from plants.
Manufacturing plastics and resins from plants.
Citrimer is on a mission to reimagine the way synthetic materials are manufactured.
Today's plastics and resins are all manufactured from petroleum.
Today's plastics and resins are all manufactured from petroleum.
Petrochemical feedstocks account for 12% of global oil demand.
The synthetic materials industry emits 2 gigatons of carbon dioxide every year.
The synthetic materials industry emits 2 gigatons of carbon dioxide every year.
That's 2 billion tons.
Citrimer is manufacturing high-performance resins using molecules that come from citrus peels.
Citrimer is manufacturing high-performance resins using molecules that come from citrus peels.
Our resins perform and cost the same as our petroleum-based
Our resins perform and cost the same as our petroleum-based
competitors, are 100% biobased, and remove 1.5 tons of carbon dioxide
competitors, are 100% biobased, and remove 1.5 tons of carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere for every ton produced.
from the atmosphere for every ton produced.
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