News
27/06/19
Plastic Fantastic!Reinvigorate your love of plastics at the Institute of Making's Festival of Stuff
07/06/19
Exploring the idea of a circular economyEllen MacArthur Foundation’s Summit 2019 at London's Roundhouse, Thursday 13 June
15/05/19
Unwrapping the Packaging ProblemInsightful discussion with Everyday Plastic at the British Library
15/05/19
Hear our perspectives on a better future for plasticsDiscussion event at Bow Arts, 18 July 2019, from 7pm
15/05/19
Join us at Cheltenham Science Festival 2019The Plastic Waste Solution, Wednesday 5 June, 3:30–4:30pm
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: