Creating collaborative sustainable solutions for plastics

The SMI Hub supports innovation in sustainable plastics and multi-materials, with a particular emphasis on tackling industrially relevant research questions. The team is necessarily interdisciplinary, with polymer chemists and engineers working with economists, social scientists, machine learners, and life-cycle assessment experts to co-create robust solutions to managing plastic from creation to end-of-life.

We take a systems level approach to exploring and assessing sustainable solutions, ensuring interventions are socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. We fight against greenwashing, care about metrology and quality standards, strive for a safe, diverse and equitable laboratory environment, and build international research partnerships to learn from other leaders in plastics recycling and circularity.