News
07/12/22
New policy briefing on food waste recycling behavioursFood recycling behaviour change strategies should consider capacity, opportunity and motivation.
02/11/22
New policy briefing on home compostable plasticsHome composting is not currently a viable effective or environmentally beneficial end of life option for compostable or biodegradable packaging.
02/11/22
New Hub publication on home compostable plasticsHub researchers publish results and analysis from the Big Compost Experiment.
20/05/22
New Hub paper on sorting technologies for compostable plasticsHub researchers review sorting and separating technologies suitable for compostable and biodegradable plastics.
20/05/22
Hub researcher featured on BBC Earth LabHear more about plastic waste issues and tackling 'Net Zero' targets from BBC Earth Lab and UCL's Charnett Chau (Plastic Waste Innovation Hub).
26/04/22
Compostable Plastics Research Update - April 2022Catch up with our latest research on the UK's system for compostable plastics in this webinar (broadcast 25/04/22).
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
Projects
Multidisciplinary
- Public policy
- Behaviour change
- Economics
- Design
- Chemistry
- Biochemical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Digital
- Materials Science
Global outlook
- Researchers
- Shoppers
- Businesses
- NGOs
- Teachers
- Department for International Development (DFID)
- Schools
- Students
- Families
Contact Us
UCL Plastic Waste Innovation Hub
Level 2, 90 Tottenham Court Road
London W1T 4TJ
For email enquiries please contact Danielle Purkiss: