This research, #Trans-plastics is part of the EPSRC-Funded ‘Advancing Creative Circular Economies for Plastics Via Technological-Social Transitions’ (ACCEPT Transitions), involving a cross disciplinary project team at QUB.
#Trans-plastics , as one element of this larger project, works in collaboration with the Polymer Processing Research Centre, to develop and prototype 3-D interlocking blocks, using plastic waste, to suit the principles of circular design. We will also collaborate with QUB psychologists to test, collate and respond to manufacturer and consumer/user responses to the resultant prototypes. The project begins in April 2019.
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