Sustainable Plastics Research Group

Our group combines the strengths of social scientists in the Department of Social and Political Sciences with colleagues working in the area of plastic pollution from Environmental Sciences, Global Challenges, Design, Business & Marketing, Materials Processing and Engineering. We are leading experts on behaviour change, public health protection, resource and waste management, governance aspects and sustainability design. 

Our expertise areas and strengths

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We are international experts in risk communication, behaviour change, risk assessment, multi-criteria decision analysis and sustainability indicators/ metrics.

Group objectives

Uncovering sustainable solutions to plastic pollution

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Creating compostable packaging foams from seaweed

Improving the management of plastic packaging waste

Occurrence and lifecycle fate of additives used in plastics

Plastic pollution in Nigeria

Exploring behavioural change in Nigeria and Sri Lanka

Teaching kids about the perils of plastic pollution

Mitigating plastic waste in Indonesia

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