Can Biomass replace petrochemicals as a feedstock in manufacturing?

Transportation fuels, clothing, medicines, cleaning products: our modern lives are built upon things made using non-renewable petrochemicals. If we are to restrict global temperature rise to 1.5-2.0 by the end of this century and meet the UK's #NetZero ambitions, we will have to eliminate the use of fossil-based resources. Can biomass - covering dedicated crops and residues from agricultural, food, industrial and municipal sources - replace them as a feedstock?
Ahead of #COP26, we brought together experts from industry and academia to discuss the opportunities and barriers for replacing petrochemicals with biomass in manufacturing, including new technology, societal attitudes and cross-sector collaboration.
Timestamps:
0.00 Welcome from Paul Mines
08.45 Why do we need to use biomass and what would be the impact on greenhouse gas emissions of using biomass for manufacturing? Adrian Higson. NNFCC
22.45 Vision for the use of biomass in manufacturing. Will Cannon, CRODA
41.06 Biomass deconstruction: Gateway to bio-based chemicals. Simon McQueen Mason, University of York
58.25 Biomass for energy carriers. Patricia Thornley, Aston University/Supergen Bioenergy Hub
1.13.45 Biomass for Materials and Chemicals, Alex Conradie, University of Nottingham
1.32.20 Societal views on biomass use in manufacturing, Alison Mohr, University of Nottingham
1.53.40 Panel discussionand Q&A
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