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 ...
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 ...
Eleanor Maciver - November 17, 2023 The polymathic Professor Michael Shaver The maverick scientist leads the SMI Hub in Manchester. He’s bringing together environmentalists, ...
Nathan Zhang - October 24, 2023 After the road: how to recycle old tyres With a billion tyres going to the scrapheap each year, the industry is seeking to end the waste. ...
Matthew Barton - October 6, 2023 Recycling the Rainbow - coloured plastics in the circular economy Single-use plastic has become indispensable in everyday life, particularly in the packaging of ...
Lisa Sharma - June 20, 2023 Making plastic disappear It comes as no surprise, that single-use plastic remains one of the most pressing environmental ...
Paul Dunne - February 13, 2023 Plastics and climate change - a solution and a problem Plastics have the potential to play a crucial role in emission-saving technologies – from the ...
Alison Fugard - May 12, 2022 Life in plastic Plastic is prevalent in all areas of society, as is the growing awareness of its environmental ...
Niles Beadman - May 3, 2022 Recycl-ink: innovations in ink recycling Efforts to improve recyclability are typically focused on high volume, bulk materials like plastic ...
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 ...
Elizabeth Dale - January 20, 2022 Plastics getting greener Industry has listened, and learned – plastics are becoming more and more environmentally ...
Niles Beadman - November 23, 2021 Inspired by nature – the microbial revolution As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Associate Niles Beadman explores the microbial ...
Elizabeth Dale - July 5, 2021 Pyrolysis oil – heating up plastics recycling As society pushes towards a circular economy, the need for clever and efficient plastics recycling ...
Elizabeth Dale - June 28, 2021 Plastics recycling: can microwaves help us clean up our mess? Forward asks Martin Lamb, chairman of pioneering recycler Enval, about the potential of pyrolysis, ...
Thomas Lonsdale - June 7, 2021 Unwrapping compostable packaging In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Thomas Lonsdale unwraps the future of compostable packaging.
Rob Walker - April 8, 2021 Composites in automotive applications: accelerating towards a greener future? The UK government has recently vowed to cut 68% of CO2 emissions by 2030 in a bid to tackle climate ...
Niles Beadman - February 16, 2021 Circular economy of tyres: the end is just the beginning Our reliance on tyres and their ubiquity in modern mobility makes them a high priority target for ...
Paul Dunne - October 20, 2020 Circular economy: rethinking composite plastic packaging As we move towards a circular economy, there is a huge incentive for chemists to find innovative ...
Niles Beadman - October 6, 2020 Circular tyres: a new challenge for the circular economy Tyres are huge. Globally over 2.2 billion tyres are produced a year – and this is expected to rise ...
Thomas Lonsdale - September 7, 2020 Compostable packaging – let’s break it down Before Covid-19, I often used to buy my lunch in one of those “compostable” cardboard soup ...
Niles Beadman - April 17, 2020 A Taste for Waste – Plastic Recycling with Enzymes Positive news has been relatively hard to come by of late, with attention understandably focussed ...
Alexander Cavell - October 30, 2019 Plastics recycling: polymers unzipped As society becomes more aware of the adverse effects of single-use plastics on the environment, ...
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 ...
