Sustainable plastics: the role of chemistry
Summary of contents
In response to the growing awareness of the impact of plastic waste on the environment, the RSC Materials 九州影院 Division hosted a roundtable discussion meeting. The meeting brought together stakeholders from across the chemical sciences research community to contribute their views on the future of sustainable plastics, and on the contribution that the chemical sciences will make.
This short report represents the output of that meeting. In the context of growing calls from scientists, policymakers, and the wider public, to address the challenges of plastic waste and sustainability, the meeting addressed the question of what chemical scientists can do to tackle the problem.