Manuel Rendon

Manuel Rendon is a Venezuelan engineer who invented the first published formulation for the degradation of fossil-based high-density plastics.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

The patented technology uses solvation as a chemical process to decompose the polymer chain, which leads to the degradation of any fossil-based plastic with a melting point below 500 °C. The obsolescence time is programmable [1] On plastic-waste regard, pollution is a Global concern given the fact that Oil-based plastic is a substance the earth can't digest,[8] this technology is another effort on solving the issue of the Plastic Pollution introducing an undercover additive derived from the plastic targeted for degradation, hidden in a chemical cloak synthesized via the same plastic targeted for degradation's polymer structure itself, which is partially dissolved to create a cover for a Nano-programmed chemical addition on the inside. When activated this additive first decomposes the current polymer links between monomers and subsequently supplant them for weaker links susceptible to degradation.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Patent US20150203666 - Composition for the degradation of plastic - Google Patents". Google.com. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  2. ↑ Archived November 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Espacenet - Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Composition For The Degradation Of Plastic". Freshpatents.com. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  6. ↑ http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=9181412B2&KC=B2&FT=D
  7. ↑ http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/south-florida-scientist-has-figured-out-how-to-make-plastic-100-percent-biodegradable-7888420
  8. ↑ http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/the-movement
  9. ↑ http://www.google.com/patents/US9181412
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