PTI+ SusPlast

Sustainable Plastics towards a Circular Economy

SusPlast’s mission is to transform the way plastics are designed, produced, used and recycled into a circular economy. To this end, it proposes a synergistic approach involving materials science and biotechnology, to develop research and innovation activities as well as socio-educational strategies to implement a plastic management based on the circular economy. The ITP (Interdisciplinary Platform for Sustainable Plastics) is based on 4 pillars:

Objectives

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Development of chemical and biotechnology strategies for recycling and the development of new sustainable polymers.

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Analysis of the health and environmental effects of plastic pollution.

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Regulation and certification of plastics with a lower environmental impact.

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Dissemination, teaching and training activities on the current state and progress in plastics.