Research Themes

The Centre adopts a highly collaborative process of co-design, co-production and co-delivery of knowledge and technology, grounded by commercial priorities. The scope of the Centre comprises the whole value chain, from natural resource development, (bio)product development and distribution to end-of-life management/waste transformation. Four inter-related research themes form the basis of our research program.

Bioresource Transformation

Supply chain integration, complemented by system-wide techno-economic assessment

Bioplastic Manufacture

Addressing engineering constraints associated with the scale-up of technology

Bioplastic Applications

Using new and existing bioplastics and biocomposites to develop novel products and applications

Change and Sustainability

All our activities are underpinned by research into effecting change and sustainability assessment

Featured Projects

Transformation Project

Supply chain integration, complemented by system-wide techno-economic assessment

Manufacture Project

Addressing engineering constraints associated with the scale-up of technology

Applications Project

Using new and existing bioplastics and biocomposites to develop novel applications

Sustainability Project

Understanding biodegradation of biodegradable plastics in aquatic environments