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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
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Ayşe Lisa Allison
Centre for Behaviour Change
Behaviour Change
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Gema Amaya Santos
Chemical Engineering
Life Cycle Assessment
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Esther Ambrose-Dempster
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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Dr Silvia Anselmi
Chemistry
Biochemical Engineering
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Larisha Apete
Arts and Sciences
Systems Dynamics & Life Cycle Assessment
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Dr Jack Jeffries
Biochemical Engineering
Biochemistry
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Dr Fabiana Lorencatto
Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology
Behavioural Psychology
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Dr Olwenn Martin
Arts and Sciences
Health & Environment
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Christian Partik
Mechanical Engineering
Material Engineering
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Dr Andrea Paulillo
Chemical Engineering
LCA
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Polina Pencheva
Engineering
Design and policy
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Dr Elze Porte
Mechanical Engineering
Material Engineering
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Dr Luba Prout
Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
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Nutcha Taneepanichskul
Mechanical Engineering
Automatic Sorting Technologies
Former Team Members
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Miguel Casas Arredondo
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Dr Kimberley Chandler
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Charnett Chau
Chemical Engineering
Biochemical Engineering
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Dr Leona Leipold
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Dr Beth Munro
Plastic Waste Innovation Hub
Research Manager
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Dr Candace Partridge
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Dr Ana Rita Pinho
Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP)
Public Policy
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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: