UC Davis teams with Mango Materials to produce plastics on landfill methane
In California, researchers at the University of California, Davis, are partnering with sustainable materials company Mango Materials to approach the challenge of using methane from landfills and wastewater treatment plants as an affordable raw material for sustainable plastics. The collaboration is supported by funding from the National Science Foundation and BioMADE, an institute of Manufacturing USA focused on building a domestic bioindustrial manufacturing ecosystem.
The project will combine the university’s expertise in microbial engineering with Mango Materials’ established process for transforming waste methane into biodegradable materials. This partnership will also give UC Davis researchers and students opportunities to test their work on an industrial scale beyond what is available in university research labs.
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