Poster: Sustainable Solutions for the Plastics Economy

Neha Mehta; Ife Bolaji; Behnam Firoozi Nejad; Beatrice Smyth; Eoin Cunningham; Mark Billham

Poster: Sustainable Solutions for the Plastics Economy

Neha Mehta^*, Ife Bolaji, Behnam Firoozi Nejad, Beatrice Smyth, Eoin Cunningham, Mark Billham

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School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Plastics are used in a variety of applications because of durability and versatility. However, there are concerns associated with the production and end-of-life of plastics. Plastics consume 7% of world oil production and put pressure on resource supply. Moreover, plastics do not degrade biologically resulting in waste management issues. Within this context, our group focuses on: (1) Studying the scale of the problem and developing plastics flow maps for Northern Ireland; (2) Developing bio-based plastics to decrease use of non-renewable resources; (3) Manufacturing recycled plastics using plastic waste; (4) Performing life cycle assessment of solutions to compare with the baseline; ensuring sustainability in plastics economy.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 18 Sept 2019
Event	Queen's Postdoc Showcase - Ulster Museum, Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Sept 2019 → 18 Sept 2019 https://www.qub.ac.uk/about/Leadership-and-structure/Faculties-and-Schools/Medicine-Health-and-Life-Sciences/PDC/Recognition/NPAW/PostdocShowcase.html

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Other	Queen's Postdoc Showcase
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Belfast
Period	18/09/2019 → 18/09/2019
Internet address	https://www.qub.ac.uk/about/Leadership-and-structure/Faculties-and-Schools/Medicine-Health-and-Life-Sciences/PDC/Recognition/NPAW/PostdocShowcase.html

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R1989CCE: Advancing Creative Circular Economies for Plastics via Technological-Social Transitions (ACCEPT)
Rooney, D. (PI), Barry, J. (CoI), Berry, E. (CoI), Cunningham, E. (CoI), Dempster, M. (CoI), Martin, P. (CoI), Morrow, R. (CoI), Niblock, C. (CoI), Price, M. (CoI), Robertson, P. (CoI), Smyth, B. (CoI) & Zhang, X. (CoI)
22/11/2018 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research

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Poster: Sustainable Solutions for the Plastics Economy

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R1989CCE: Advancing Creative Circular Economies for Plastics via Technological-Social Transitions (ACCEPT)

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