Jeremy Webster - July 26, 2024 Meet the team: Jeremy Webster, Partner, Head of Chemistry As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to partner and head of chemistry, Jeremy Webster, ...
Jane Liu - June 25, 2024 Alive with Possibilities - The Future of Sustainable Plastics and Beyond As the production and consumption of plastics continues to surge, so too has the accumulation of ...
Amin Zouine - March 22, 2024 From grass to graphene: could methane answer the call for rising nanomaterial demand? Methane, the principal component in natural gas, accounts for approximately a third of the ...
Rebecca Blundell - February 2, 2024 Sustainable shoes: Fossil Fuels are so last year! It is estimated that 24 billion pairs of shoes are made every year. Many of these will contain ...
Thomas Lonsdale - January 30, 2024 Plant based leather - the eco-friendly alternative hitting the catwalks Vegan leather isn’t only an ecofriendly alternative, which isn’t made from animals. It’s also being ...
Thomas Lonsdale - January 3, 2024 Plastic Packaging Pollution: Kelp is on the Way! Plastic packaging materials have revolutionised modern life. They have several important properties ...
Simon Kiddle - January 2, 2024 The wonderful potential of waxworm saliva Enzymes are able to break up plastic, opening the way for rapid recycling.
Nathan Zhang - October 3, 2023 Taking (personal) care of the future The market size of beauty and personal care is huge, valued at a global revenue of over $570 ...
Thomas Lonsdale - September 19, 2023 Not just window dressing: the technologies making textiles greener Not only are textiles the biggest source of microplastics globally, supplying the world’s clothing ...
Lisa Sharma - June 20, 2023 Making plastic disappear It comes as no surprise, that single-use plastic remains one of the most pressing environmental ...
Alison Fugard - April 14, 2023 “Wood”n’t it be nice? - Turning over a new leaf in wood-based packaging For years, we have been aware of the need to reduce our reliance on plastic. But there is a reason ...
Eleanor Maciver - March 15, 2023 Mycelium, a natural wonder In an ever more eco-aware world, Ecovative is creating foam, fashion, face masks and food from ...
Eleanor Maciver - January 24, 2023 Meet the team: Eleanor Maciver, Partner and Patent Attorney in the Chemistry team, Cambridge As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Eleanor Maciver about her journey to becoming a ...
Eleanor Maciver - February 16, 2022 Sustainability - good intentions are not enough There is growing awareness and alarm at the impact humans are having on the planet. The 2022 COP26 ...
Thomas Lonsdale - June 7, 2021 Unwrapping compostable packaging In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Thomas Lonsdale unwraps the future of compostable packaging.
Rebecca Blundell - December 8, 2020 Green tyres: wheeling towards sustainable rubber Rubber is a crucial component of the tyre, with most tyres typically containing a complex blend of ...
Paul Dunne - November 9, 2020 Single-use plastics: Is this the last straw? As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Partner Paul Dunne explores how we can reshape ...
Simon Kiddle - August 7, 2020 A shore thing: eco-friendly seaweed materials It may be a bother for sunbathers, but seaweed is a promising eco-friendly industrial material.
Eleanor Maciver - August 3, 2020 In conversation with an innovator: Daniel Solomita, CEO and Founder of Loop Industries The CEO and founder of Loop Industries lets us in on the revolutionary technology and development ...
Jane Liu - July 17, 2020 Polymer composites using natural fibres – growing reinforcements, growing in popularity Fibre-reinforced polymer composites are lightweight yet strong materials and are currently a key ...
Niles Beadman - October 9, 2019 Consumable consumables: the edible water bottle Throughout the 20th century, plastic has become increasingly prevalent in our everyday lives. To ...
Eleanor Maciver - August 2, 2019 Circular economy: new technologies rise to the challenge In recent months there has been a rapid increase in publicity and public awareness of ...
