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 ...
Eleanor Maciver - February 2, 2024 Mewburn Ellis is delighted to partner with Oxfordshire Greentech on the Climate Solutions Conference Mewburn Ellis is delighted to partner with Oxfordshire Greentech on the Climate Solutions ...
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 ...
Sarah Harvey - January 31, 2024 Hydrogels in sustainable agriculture As we move into 2024, the agricultural sector is being driven by the urgent need to address global ...
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.
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. ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 23, 2023 In person event - Circular Economy: Ideas to Business, Oxford, 7 December 2023 Mewburn Ellis is delighted to be partnering with Oxfordshire Greentech to present an exciting in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thomas Lonsdale - July 31, 2023 Green Aviation – Ready for Take off! In 2022 aviation accounted for ca. 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions, with around 800 Mt ...
Jacqueline Murphy - June 26, 2023 In person event - Circular Economy: Ideas to Business, Cambridge, 13 September Mewburn Ellis is delighted to be partnering with Cambridge Cleantech to present an exciting in ...
Lisa Sharma - June 20, 2023 Making plastic disappear It comes as no surprise, that single-use plastic remains one of the most pressing environmental ...
Jacqueline Murphy - May 16, 2023 Green Tech: Making IP Part of Your Toolkit - Webinar On Wednesday 21 June, we are delighted to be hosting in partnership with Oxfordshire Greentech a ...
Jacqueline Murphy - April 19, 2023 Operating in the circular economy: From idea to Business – our co-hosted event with Oxfordshire Greentech On Wednesday 22 March, we were delighted to co-host an in-person event with Oxfordshire Greentech ...
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 ...
Paul Dunne - March 21, 2023 Reborn! How a radical process will be able to give new life to unwanted boats There are around a million boats in the UK and eventually they will all need to be recycled. The ...
Nathan Zhang - March 13, 2023 Wearing down tyre emissions The amount of particulate material which comes out of an exhaust pipe of a car is relatively modest ...
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 ...
Jacqueline Murphy - January 9, 2023 Operating in the circular economy: From idea to Business – in person event, Oxford UK, 22 March 2023 We are delighted to be partnering with Oxfordshire Greentech to present an exciting new in person ...
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 ...
Rebecca Blundell - March 24, 2022 From bottle to throttle: upcycling plastic waste into the tyre industry In the UK alone 35.8 million plastic bottles are used and discarded every day. And, with ...
Sophie Chua - February 17, 2022 Taking-off into a cleaner future: composites in the aviation industry As the world gradually returns to its pre-pandemic levels of air travel, the importance of ...
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 ...
Isobel Stone - February 14, 2022 Composites in construction: building towards a stronger and more sustainable future Composite materials are generally defined as materials produced from two or more constituent ...
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 ...
Thomas Lonsdale - November 16, 2021 Plastics from thin air – converting captured carbon dioxide From the start of 2021 up to the date of writing this blog in November, an estimated 37 billion ...
Paul Dunne - October 27, 2021 Planet-saving partnerships: collaborating on sustainable innovation In the race to bring forward sustainable solutions, worlds are colliding and ideas are flowing. As ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 26, 2021 New Green IP Report launched To coincide with the launch of COP26 we have released a new report into Green IP. Our report ...
Niles Beadman - September 28, 2021 Plastic-fuelled fungi The “circular economy” is often seen as the ultimate goal for the recycling industry. Converting ...
Thomas Lonsdale - September 6, 2021 Microplastics: tiny particles causing huge problems Although small in size, microplastics are a big issue.
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.
Rebecca Blundell - June 3, 2021 From the Moon to Mars: tyres for space exploration Conditions on the Moon can be extremely harsh. For instance, temperatures can range between ‑170 °C ...
Genevieve Pugh - June 1, 2021 Delivering drugs with DNA We explore the emerging field of DNA and RNA nanotechnology, its benefits and highlight a few ways ...
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 ...
Thomas Lonsdale - March 2, 2021 Breaking down barriers to film recycling Since the invention of cellophane by Swiss chemist Jacques E. Brandenberger in 1900, soft polymeric ...
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 ...
Niles Beadman - February 1, 2021 Tyres: the secret polluter Automotive emissions are a hot topic, but increased regulation coupled with industry-wide ...
Nathan Zhang - January 15, 2021 Lithium-metal batteries: a separator solution to dendrites Global demand for clean, renewable energy is now higher than ever before. With climate change ...
Matthew Smith - January 15, 2021 Meet the material: liquid crystal elastomer A team at Rice University has developed a morphing material with much more than biomedical ...
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 ...
Joseph Newcombe - November 19, 2020 Protective barriers against COVID-19 – what’s behind the screen? Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a significant increase in the demand for ...
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 ...
Rebecca Blundell - October 27, 2020 The future of tyres in the driverless age 1886 is often regarded as the birth year of the modern car. This was the year that Karl Benz filed ...
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 ...
Paul Dunne - August 24, 2020 Meet the material: Robotic soft matter Inspired by muscles and activated by light, this lifelike and autonomous material could have ...
Genevieve Pugh - August 11, 2020 3D printing and its layers of legal complexity “3D printing” was first developed in the 1980s as a technique for rapid prototyping. Since then, 3D ...
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 ...
Niles Beadman - July 23, 2020 Smart tyres: under pressure to get smarter For the past 175 years, the bulk of tyre innovation has focused on improving the structure and ...
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 ...
Paul Dunne - June 23, 2020 Patenting bioplastics The push towards a circular economy promises huge rewards for innovators able to develop ...
Niles Beadman - June 15, 2020 Patents driving tyre innovation From the outside, tyres appear unassumingly simple. But below the tread, they are deceptively ...
Thomas Lonsdale - May 28, 2020 Recycling polymer composites (mixed material complicates) Polymer composites are finding use at an ever-increasing scale in an ever-increasing range of ...
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 ...
Paul Dunne - April 15, 2020 Circular economy: the solution to plastic pollution? The ascent of plastic from its Bakelite beginnings to the workhorse material of the modern day has ...
Niles Beadman - February 26, 2020 Chemical collaborations: polymer partnerships Collaboration is ubiquitous with successful research. Sharing results generates new leads, sharing ...
Andrew Pitts - November 6, 2019 Coffee capsules: greener grounds Large consumer companies are increasingly focusing on reworking their consumable products to be ...
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 ...
