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12/07/23

New Hub research on absorbent hygiene products announced - The Comfort Loop

Hub team awarded UKRI funding to research sustainable systems for AHPs.

30/06/23

UN Plastic Treaty negotiations process critique

Dr Olwenn Martin critiques narrow participation and representation in UN Plastic Treaty negotiation process in One Earth article.

16/05/23

New Hub paper on the performance and environmental impacts of pro-oxidant additive containing plastics

Hub researchers review pro-oxidant additive containing (PAC) plastics evidence of performance and environmental impacts.

04/05/23

New Hub paper on improving compostable plastic disposal behaviour

Hub researchers use the Behaviour Change Wheel to develop compostable packaging labelling study.

05/04/23

New Hub paper on mechanical enzyme based PET break down

Hub researcher develop mechanoenzymatic reaction technique to break down PET plastic.

14/03/23

New Hub paper on compostable plastic identification

Hub researchers successfully create system capable of accurately sorting compostable plastics from conventional plastic items.

Plastic Waste Innovation Hub

About Us

The Plastic Waste Hub

We are a multidisciplinary team of researchers, including scientists, engineers, designers, and social scientists, taking a design-led approach to the issue of plastic waste.

Our core team

Ayşe Lisa Allison

Centre for Behaviour Change

Behaviour Change

Gema Amaya Santos

Chemical Engineering

Life Cycle Assessment

Esther Ambrose-Dempster

Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Dr Silvia Anselmi

Chemistry

Biochemical Engineering

Larisha Apete

Arts and Sciences

Systems Dynamics & Life Cycle Assessment

Dr Jack Jeffries

Biochemical Engineering

Biochemistry

Dr Fabiana Lorencatto

Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology

Behavioural Psychology

Dr Olwenn Martin

Arts and Sciences

Health & Environment

Christian Partik

Mechanical Engineering

Material Engineering

Dr Andrea Paulillo

Chemical Engineering

LCA

Polina Pencheva

Engineering

Design and policy

Dr Elze Porte

Mechanical Engineering

Material Engineering

Dr Luba Prout

Chemistry

Chemical Engineering

Nutcha Taneepanichskul

Mechanical Engineering

Automatic Sorting Technologies

Former Team Members

Miguel Casas Arredondo

Dr Kimberley Chandler

Charnett Chau

Chemical Engineering

Biochemical Engineering

Dr Leona Leipold

Dr Beth Munro

Plastic Waste Innovation Hub

Research Manager

Dr Candace Partridge

Dr Ana Rita Pinho

Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP)

Public Policy

Dr Gorjan Stojanovski

Biochemical Engineering

Biochemistry

Contact Us

UCL Plastic Waste Innovation Hub

Level 2, 90 Tottenham Court Road

London W1T 4TJ


For email enquiries please contact Danielle Purkiss:

danielle.purkiss@ucl.ac.uk