Task force sets out sustainability goals for PLFs

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A task force has set out how PLFs - a key ingredient in millions of household products - can be more sustainable by 2030.

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Led by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the task force brought together leaders from some of the largest chemical using, product-making, and waste management companies to share information and work out a way forward for the global polymers in liquid formulations (PLFs) industry.

According to the RSC, the group believes it will be possible to develop and scale the first biodegradable PLFs and advance circular economy infrastructure for these chemicals in a seven-year timeframe. These two goals are said to underpin a wider ambition for the $125bn sector to become sustainable by 2040.

The way that PLFs are made, used, and disposed releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, uses up finite resources, and generates waste. Details of how the chemical industry can make these ingredients more sustainable is revealed in the RSC’s new report, The PLFs Revolution: Our 2040 roadmap for sustainable polymers in liquid formulations.

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