Dow Chemical (www.dow.com) and Crystalsev, one of Brazil's largest ethanol suppliers, announced plans for a world-scale facility to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane.Dow Chemical (www.dow.com) and Crystalsev, one of Brazil's largest ethanol suppliers, announced plans for a world-scale facility to manufacture polyethylene polyethylene (pŏl'ēĕth`əlēn), widely used plastic. It is a polymer of ethylene, CH2=CH2, having the formula (-CH2-CH2-)n from sugar cane. Under the terms of the memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. agreed by the two companies, Dow and Crystalsev will form a joint venture in Brazil to design and build the first integrated facility of its scale in the world. It is expected to start production in 2011 and will have a capacity of 350,000 metric tons. The facility will use ethanol derived from sugar cane, an annually renewable resource Noun 1. renewable resource - any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time natural resource, natural resources - resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature , to produce ethylene ethylene (ĕth`əlēn') or ethene (ĕth`ēn), H2C=CH2, a gaseous unsaturated hydrocarbon. It is the simplest alkene. , the raw material required to make polyethylene, said to be the world's most widely-used plastic. |
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