Plastic

By Isabel Thomlinson, PhD Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies The idea of a “biodegradable” plastic suggests a material that would degrade to little or nothing over a period of time, posing less of a hazard to wildlife and the...

The article below was written by Emma Daniels, Jack Payne and Ciarán Callaghan from Cohort '18 about their trip to the Bristol Against Plastics society. The issues surrounding plastic pollution are all too prevalent in the today’s media and most...

Watch George Gregory's performance at the finals of The Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT). George talks about her research into improving plastic waste, with the help of a spoonful of sugar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbw8oZDDPL4 George is currently working on her PhD project on Cyclic carbonates...