LAB Worldwide Article | Nov 16, 2021 How Electrocatalytic Synthesis Can Make Chemical Production Sustainable
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/78/ce/78ce24a7ba8343ef49bc3dbb49016443/pasja1000-the-bottle-5128607v1.jpeg "The new plastic tax would amount to 0.28 cents for a yogurt cup and 1.93 cents for a large PET bottle. (Bild: pasja1000)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/cc/db/ccdb09d1d9b3fcabf147abba7fd9e3c5/pasja1000-the-bottle-5128607v1.jpeg "The new plastic tax would amount to 0.28 cents for a yogurt cup and 1.93 cents for a large PET bottle. (Bild: pasja1000)")
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:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/b6/fe/b6fe83997fc68192cf8cd8a89b0bab5f/pasja1000-the-bottle-5128607v1.jpeg "The new plastic tax would amount to 0.28 cents for a yogurt cup and 1.93 cents for a large PET bottle. (Bild: pasja1000)")
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:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/74/5f/745f512239689819275af39a82f59860/b-brenkenv1.jpeg "Dr. Benedikt Brenken, Director of R-Cycle: \"The digital product passport will fundamentally change plastic recycling.\" (Bild: R-Cycle)")
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:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/93/a6/93a632a5834879d7155844abf6cba108/240913-81z9177-renner-manfred-topfav-1-hp-jbv1.jpeg?v= "Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Renner: “To shape the technological future, it is essential to make technologies understandable.” (Bild: geralt)")
:quality(80):fill(ffffff,1)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1903300/1903380/original.jpg?v= "The electrochemical reaction cell has the potential to be transferred from small laboratory scale to industrial scale. (Fraunhofer Umsicht/Alina Gawel)")
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