Rethinking Polymers: Sustainable and Circular by Design

With limited spaces available, register now for this Design for Circularity event, joint hosted by the UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for the Circular Chemical Economy, Innovate-UK and RSC. The event will be held on November 18^th, 2024 at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House.

This event will be of interest to stakeholders from Industry, Academia, Policy and non-profit organisations who are concerned with end of life fate of polymers. It builds on recent activities on the themes of: Circular Economy of Chemicals; UK chemicals and Net Zero; Defossilisation of
Chemicals; Chemical Resource Efficiency; Sustainable Polymers in Liquid Formulations; Materials and Manufacturing Vision 2050.

A round-table discussion will take place on the smart design of chemicals for the future chemical
industry and the following themes will be discussed:

• How regulation on polymers impacts current guidelines and standards
• Making industry ready:
  AI/Digital Twinning
  Mass Balance Chain of Custody
  Life Cycle Assessment tool
  Standardisation of biodegradation testing, reporting and certification
• Identification and prioritisation of areas where genuine innovation is required

The findings from the discussion will be summarised in an action plan and policy briefing.

Please save the date, a detailed programme will be shared shortly.