News
13/07/20
New publication on single-use masksThe UCL Plastic Waste Innovation Hub has produced new analysis on the environmental dangers of employing single-use face masks as part of a COVID-19 exit strategy.
30/04/20
Co-designing solutions to the plastic-waste problemA summary report of our community-building workshop
29/04/20
Foundries of the FutureA new publication that explores how cities are critically dependent on local manufacturers
24/04/20
The environmental dangers of employing single-use face masks as part of a COVID-19 exit strategyPlastics Hub warns against wearing single-use face masks
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

Ayse 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

Dr Elze Porte
Mechanical Engineering
Material Engineering

Dr Luba Prout
Chemistry
Chemical Engineering

Dr Gorjan Stojanovski
Biochemical Engineering
Biochemistry

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
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: