Biorefinery Technology to Green Plastics

“Biorefinery Technology to Green Plastics” open to public registration.

Join ‘Biorefinery Technology to Green Plastics,’ a professional course led by Prof. Dr. Gert-Jan M. Gruter. This hybrid program is open to public registration and offers one week of on-site instruction at Chulalongkorn University, followed by one week of online learning.

Course Title:

Collaborators:

University of Amsterdam, Avantium

Instructor:

Prof. Dr. Gert-Jan M. Gruter, Professor Industrial Sustainable Chemistry, University of Amsterdam; CTO Avantium, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Course Contents:

Lecture 1: Why? Plastics & Climate change; environmental pollution
Lecture 2: Feedstock – Biorefineries
Lecture 3: Biobased monomers
Lecture 4: Bio-based plastics
Lecture 5: PEF versus (partly) bio-based PET
Lecture 6: CO2 as feedstock
Lecture 7: Circularity – reuse, recycling, biodegradation
Lecture 8: IP and patents – Summary: the future of plastics

Dates :

May 18 – 29, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Location:

Week 1 (18-22 May 2026): On-site, Room 305 PPC Chula
Week 2 (25-29 May 2026): Online (Zoom)

Registration Fee:

8,000 THB

Contact:

Mrs. Sirikorn Bunsanit,
sirikorn.b@chula.ac.th , 02 2184158

Biorefinery Technology to Green Plastics

“Biorefinery Technology to Green Plastics” open to public registration.

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