Green plastics and sustainable fabrics
Plastics and fabrics are two of the materials with the largest environmental impacts, both in their production and their waste. Imperial academics are working on new materials and technologies which are less resource-intensive to produce, and which can be upcycled or recycled into new products of value.
Publications
Academic expertise
Agi Brandt-Talbot
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Agi Brandt-Talbot
Chemistry
Ambrose Taylor
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Ambrose Taylor
Mechanical Engineering
Camille Petit
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Camille Petit
Chemical Engineering
Ceri Hammond
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Ceri Hammond
Chemical Engineering
Chao Wu
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Chao Wu
Computing
Claire Adjiman
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Claire Adjiman
Chemical Engineering
Felice Torrisi
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Felice Torrisi
Chemistry
Jason Hallett
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Jason Hallett
Chemical Engineering
Joao Cabral
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Joao Cabral
Chemical Engineering
Jose Jimenez Zarco
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Jose Jimenez Zarco
Life Sciences
Karen Polizzi
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Karen Polizzi
Chemical Engineering
Koon-Yang Lee
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Koon-Yang Lee
Aeronautics
Laura Barter
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Laura Barter
Chemistry
Magda Titirici
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Magda Titirici
Chemical Engineering
Maria Charalambides
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Maria Charalambides
Mechanical Engineering
Naomi Nakayama
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Naomi Nakayama
Bioengineering
Roberto Rinaldi
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Roberto Rinaldi
Chemical Engineering
Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro
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Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro
Bioengineering