Materials Science and Metallurgy
22 June 2026
Professor James Elliott, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, and colleagues from across the University of Cambridge discuss the battle to reduce plastic waste using blue-sky thinking in a feature article – https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/plastic.
James Elliott and his collaborators are part of UKRI funded programme, Cambridge Creative Circular Plastics Centre (CirPlas) – https://www.energy.cam.ac.uk/Plastic_Waste. The Centre acts as a nucleus for a global network of partners and coordinates a range of research projects, workshops and forums to tackle contemporary challenges from the manufacturing of more sustainable materials to driving innovations in plastic recycling.
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