Climate and biodiversity impacts of low-density polyethylene production from CO and electricity in comparison to bio-based polyethylene.

Plastics are essential materials for modern societies, but their production contributes to significant environmental issues. Power-to-X processes could produce plastics from captured CO and hydrogen with renewable electricity, but these technologies may also face challenges from environmental perspective. This paper focuses on environmental sustainability assessment of CO-based low-density polyethylene (LDPE) compared to bio-based LDPE.