To make the plastic industry circular, we need innovative recycling technologies that yield a higher quality product. An interdisciplinary consortium of academic and industrial partners recently received funding to help achieve this.
Bijels - pronounced "bye-gels" - are relatively new gels with unique properties. In her PhD research, Mariska de Ruiter has taken significant steps toward the industrial application of these promising materials, with potential uses in – among others - filters and batteries. De Ruiter will defend her PhD on 25 November at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.
A recent study shows that circular business models can trigger unintended changes in consumer behaviour that undermine the anticipated environmental benefits of circularity.
