SRDC Seminar
A growing future for bio-plastics from sugarcane
Dr Stevens Brumbley
To help reduce our carbon foot-print, research scientists have spent the past decade focussed on ways to add more value to sugarcane to produce more food, fibre, energy, fuel and products.
At the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Dr Stevens Brumbley is involved with a number of research projects associated with metabolic engineering of sugarcane.
Dr Brumbley’s research has discovered the sugarcane plant to be an ideal host for the production and manufacturing of bio-polymers such as PHA bio-plastics.
SRDC is delighted to invite Dr Stevens Brumbley to present his valuable research findings and to explain how organic material derived from renewable sugarcane provides an effective base for bio-plastic production.
Bio-plastics produced from sugarcane offer a sustainable option for growers and consumers of plastic materials. Bio-plastics are produced from organic material derived from renewable plant matter and sugarcane is a major feedstock for bio-plastic production.
With plant resins like sugarcane requiring 33% less fossil fuel resources and 42% less greenhouse gas emissions, it is no wonder SRDC is investing in greener, more sustainable alternatives to the regular production of plastics.
To register to attend Dr Brumbley’s seminar on Friday 19th November contact Kara Billsborough at SRDC on ph: (07) 3210 0495 or kbillsborough@srdc.gov.au
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