Sustainable Plastics

聚合物（塑料）的制造、性能和寿命终止（回收、环境命运）是当前人们强烈关注和重视的领域。这一领域的研究往往是零散的;该中心汇集了聚合物合成和回收方面的专业知识，以及塑料制造、应用和环境影响等更广泛的方面。感兴趣的具体领域和潜在项目包括化学（催化合成可持续聚合物;催化回收;聚合物中间体的可持续合成催化），工程（机械性能和耐久性，回收的机械方面），生物科学（降解途径、环境影响，包括塑料和降解产品的物理和地球化学迁移和归宿），和社会科学（一次性使用行为、废物管理备选办法、生命周期评估、成本效益分析）。

The manufacture, performance and end-of-life (recycling, environmental fate) of polymers (plastics) is an area of intense current interest and importance. Research in this area is often fragmented; this hub brings together expertise in polymer synthesis and recycling, together with wider aspects of plastics manufacture, application and environmental impact. Specific areas of interest and potential projects include Chemistry (catalysis for synthesis of sustainable polymers; catalysis for recycling; catalysis for the sustainable synthesis of polymer intermediates), Engineering (mechanical performance and durability, mechanical aspects of recycling), Biosciences (degradation pathways, environmental impact, including physical and biogeochemical transport and fate of plastics and degradation products), and Social sciences (single-use behaviours, waste management options, Life Cycle Assessments, costs benefit analysis).