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bioplastic from waste

bioplastic from waste. Ryan Smith, CTO rsmith @micromidas.com. Micromidas converts biological waste into biodegradable plastic . Micromidas converts biological waste into biodegradable plastic . 2. 3. 1. Jackson. Annually, 150 million tons of plastic is thrown “away”.

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bioplastic from waste

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  1. bioplastic from waste Ryan Smith, CTO rsmith@micromidas.com confidential

  2. Micromidas converts biological waste into biodegradable plastic confidential

  3. Micromidas converts biological waste into biodegradable plastic 2 3 1 confidential

  4. Jackson

  5. Annually, 150 million tons of plastic is thrown “away”

  6. PHA (Poly-hydroxyalkanoates) a family of linear aliphatic polyesters PHA In the environment PHAs arebiodegraded by many species of bacteria.

  7. Plastic requires 8% of the world’s oil

  8. PHA granules in bacteria Poly-hydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are naturally synthesized biological polyesters. They serve as a carbon energy storage compound for bacteria and are stored as intracellular granules.

  9. Feedstock Landscape New is as bad as the Old

  10. Feedstock Landscape New is as bad as the Old confidential

  11. Wastewater Solids 8,200,000 MT/year in US Treatment Cost: $100-500/MT Sludge capacity limited Increasingly regulated Actively seeking new treatment options Solids Disposal is 40% of treatment cost Sludge is a by-product of treatment confidential

  12. Relative Carbon Flow through Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) Bio Gas (21%) Digestion 1o Clarifier Primary Solids Inflow (100%) Biosolids (43%) 2o Clarifier Primary Effluent Activated Sludge Secondary Effluent (3%) Aeration Pond CO2 (33%)

  13. Bio Gas (3%) Relative Carbon Flow through Micromidas integrated WWTP Micromidas CO2 (18%) Acid Phase Digestion PHA (9%) Soluble Carbon Cells (3%) 1o Clarifier Primary Solids Inflow (100%) Residual Solids (32%) Lignin, Pulped Cellulose, Inorganic Salts, Silicates 2o Clarifier Primary Effluent Activated Sludge Secondary Effluent (3%) Aeration Pond CO2 (33%)

  14. Technology and Tools Existing Operators Wastewater Style Processing Low Cost HIGH VOLUME Same Equipment Infrastructure in place Very Robust confidential Techalive.mtu.edu Hiwtc.com

  15. Productive Strains Selected bioprospecting Ralstonia Eutropha H16 Source Microbes Soil Aerobic Treatment Pond Water Evolve Basic Selection Genetic 100 ml growth 100 ml production Resist contamination Evaluation Process Metabolic Pseudomonas putida KT 2440 Bacillus cereus confidential 2010.igem.org/Team:INSA-Lyon/Project/Stage2/Theory

  16. Microbe Library DEA-003

  17. Micromidas was formed in 2008 and is currently working with several wastewater treatment facilities across the world to help address problems of costly bio-solids removal. Micromidas developed a fermentation technology that partitions the organic nutrients from waste and then utilizes a robust set of organisms to store the energy from those nutrients as intracellular bio-plastic.

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  19. bioplastic from waste Ryan Smith, CTO rsmith@micromidas.com confidential

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