Science to Enable Sustainable Plastics

Science to Enable Sustainable Plastics

8th Chemical Sciences and Society Symposium (CS3) in London, UK

„Science to Enable Sustainable Plastics” was the topic of the 8th Chemical Sciences and Society Symposium, held from November 10–13, 2019, in London. 30 scientists from China, Germany, Japan and UK and representatives from the chemical societies and research funders from these countries discussed how chemistry can help to enable sustainable plastics. Keynote and position talks triggered the discussion in four thematic sessions: new plastics, recyclability of plastics, degradation of plastics, and measuring the impact of plastics. In a summarizing session recommendations for scientists, research funders, policy makers and society were developed which will be published together with the results from the thematic sessions in a white paper later in 2020.

Andreas Greiner (Bayreuth) led the German CS3 delegation to London, additional delegates were Markus Biesalski (Darmstadt), Christian Laforsch (Bayreuth), Stefan Mecking (Konstanz), Brigitte Voit (Dresden), Markus Behnke (DFG), and Hans-Georg Weinig (GDCh).

The Chinese Chemical Society (CCS), the Chemica

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