Plastic

The overall aim of the research project is to chemically pretreat post-consumer mixed plastic waste through advanced oxidation processes. Adding oxygen containing functional groups on the material surface and forming smaller oligomers that will allow for enhanced biological degradation to form value added chemicals.PI: Dr. Gillian Collins, Staff: Clodagh Ryan (PhD)

To understand the compostability and biodegradability of the composites under local, European, and international standard conditions. Development of Pre-treatment technologies for controlled degradation methodology, characterisation, processing and valorisation of both fossil-based and biodegradable polymersPI: Ramesh Babu, Staff: Pooja Priyadarsini (RA – departed), Shivani Pathania, Jesus Frias

To investigate the effects of molecular crowding on the PHA pathway of Cupriavidus necator H16PI: Gerard Cagney, Staff: Kate McKeever

Developing chemo-biotechnological approaches for valorisation of mixed plastic wastes to bioplastics.PI: Kevin O’Connor and Tanja Narancic, Staff: Karthika Bulsamy