hillmyer. ms. ross: working on chemical recycling technology integrate a sustainable chemistry with your research in order to minimize or neutralize any potential byproducts of the chemical recycling dr. hillmyer: we work hard on this advanced recycling in the subset of chemical recycling and trying to understand the fundamentals of how you can take established plastics and one that is we design on purpose to be efficiently chemically recycled. and we commented on -- about use of solvent in green chemistry ways that don't require a solvent that require things like maybe temperature or light that allow you to turn plastics that are useful in their everyday application officially back to the molecules from which they came. if we can do that those new molecules can generate virgin plastic that has the same benefit. ms. ross: thank you. i yield back. chair stevens:le with that will we are going to recognize dr. connor lamb, congressman from the nice state of pennsylvania for five minutes of questioning

hillmyer. last but department of energy announced investments of up to 14.5 million for r&d to cut waste and reduce energy use to recycle single use plastics. how did your research group and others working on chemical recycling technology integrate a sustainable chemistry or green approach with your research in order to design ways to minimize or neutralize any potential harmful byproducts of the chemical recycling process? >> thank you, congresswoman. we work hard on this, we call it advanced recycling in the subset of chemical recycling, and really trying to understand the fundamentals of how you can take established plastics and ones that we design on purpose to be efficiently chemically recycle it. we commented on, about use of solvent in green chemistry ways that don't require a solvent that require things like maybe temperature or life that allow you to turn plastics that are useful in their everyday application efficiently back to the molecules from which they came using the principles o

hillmyer. >> thank you chairwoman stevens, ranking member lucas and to the members of the subcommittee rate thank you for the invitation to provide testimony today's hearing. it's quite an honor to have this opportunity to speak with you today. i'm a professor of chemistry the university of minnesota and a director of the national science foundation center for sustainable policy which is chemical innovation had courted here att minnesota. polymers are the molecules in plastics and i worked in the o field of walmart science is my time as undergraduate researcher at the university of florida. my phd in chemistry and california's technology. the beginning of the professor of chemistry in, i worked in areas of sustainable and much of my research today in connection with sustainability. as a director of the center for 2009 i have led numerous research efforts and manage brought research portfolios focused on sustainable polymers. i really have a passion for advancing sustainable polymers through basic research endeavorsng that enable economy for future generations. the society depends on pl