Our 2019 report, Science to enable sustainable plastics, identified four major research challenges, which must be tackled urgently if we are to achieve a more sustainable future for plastics.
We've collected together some open access articles from our journals, demonstrating how chemists are working to address each of these challenges.
1. Understand the impact of plastics throughout their life cycles
Analytical Methods
Analytical Methods
Nanoscale Advances
Nanoscale Advances
2. Develop new sustainable plastics
Chemical Society Reviews
Materials Advances
Materials Advances
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
欧美AV Advances
3. Closed loop plastics recycling
Materials Advances
Materials Advances
Materials Advances
Polymer Chemistry
欧美AV Advances
欧美AV Advances
4. Understand and control plastic degradation
Polymer Chemistry
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