European Parliament 7 March 2012, Written question E-002606/12 Sergio Paolo Frances Silvestris (PPE) to the Commission. From plant to plastic

Question for written answer E-002606/12 to the Commission Sergio Paolo Frances Silvestris (PPE) (7 March 2012) Subject: From plant to plastic Thanks to a nanoparticle created by Utrecht University in the Netherlands, it is now possible to transform plant biomass into the base molecules of the most common types of plastic: ethylene, propylene and butadiene, which are all used to make products as