Video of the week: Sustainability in the chemical industry
This week’s video sees Loughborough University Professor Jin Xuan explaining why the chemical industry should focus on a circular economy approach.
Prof. Xuan, an expert in low carbon processes and head of the university’s Department of Chemical Engineering, explains that the chemical industry is one of the less obvious areas where tackling CO2 emissions can play a key role in meeting climate targets.
“Carbon dioxide emissions from various industrial sources account for 16 per cent of the UK’s total emissions and unfortunately, the chemical sector is one of the highest carbon dioxide emitters among all the UK’s industrial sectors and it is very hard to decarbonise it,” Xuan said.
He explained that most of our daily materials and products are made from oil and gas, such as plastic bags, as well as less obvious examples such as lab coats essentially made from petroleum oil.
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