Tackling the increasing quantity of discarded, hard-to-recycle plastic products causing toxicity and physical harm requires targeted innovation in chemistry and materials science to preserve performance whilst reducing toxicity. Innovation in product design is necessary in reducing the likelihood of products being unrecyclable or prone to being littered whilst increasing the possibilities for re-use and repurposing.

Researchers involved

Marco Aurisicchio

Daniel Balint

Weston Baxter

Bamber Blackman

Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot

George Britovsek

Maria Charalambides

Peter Childs

Koon-Yang Lee

Dr Marc Masen

Alexandra Porter

Charles Romain

Shayan Sharifi

Dr Manjula Silva

Ambrose Taylor

Richard Templer

Dominik Weiss

Tom Welton