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The NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers (CSP) integrates sustainability issues that focus on the science and technology of polymeric materials into research, education, and public outreach initiatives.
CSP News
CSP Highlighted for Chemical Recycling
Principal Investigator Marc Hillmyer and the NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers are highlighted in the latest edition of Materials in... read more →
January 17, 2020
CSP featured in MN Corn Growers’ eBook
In the Minnesota Corn Growers Association’s new eBook The Expanding Role of Corn, CSP Investigators Frank Bates and Chris Ellison... read more →
January 3, 2020
2019 Chemistry Research of the Year
Research lead by CSP graduate student, Max Klemes and the Dichtel group, was recently highlighted as part of C&E News... read more →
December 10, 2019
CSP in Minnesota Alumni Magazine
Minnesota Alumni magazine highlights the NSF Center for Sustainable Polymer’s $20 million grant renewal. CSP Director Marc Hillmyer discusses the... read more →
December 10, 2019
2019 Covestro Lectureship in Sustainability
The CSP will host Professor Karen Goldberg as the 2019 Covestro Lecturer in Sustainability. Professor Goldberg is the Vagelos Professor... read more →
October 11, 2019
CSP at ACS San Diego
CSP investigators and researchers will be attending the Fall 2019 ACS National Meeting and Expo in San Diego, CA from... read more →
August 19, 2019
NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers receives $20M grant for sustainable plastics research
The University of Minnesota announced today that it has been awarded a $20 million grant renewal from the National Science... read more →
August 13, 2019
Diversity Postdoc Fellows
The CSP Postdoctoral Fellowship encourages students from underrepresented groups in the sciences to apply by November 15, 2019. Postdoctoral fellows... read more →
August 9, 2019
Marc Hillmyer named 2019 ACS Fellow
Congratulations to CSP Director Marc Hillmyer who was recently named an ACS Fellow. The purpose of the ACS Fellows Program... read more →
July 15, 2019
Why do sustainable polymers matter?
Sustainable polymers aim to address the environmental challenges that are inherently associated with traditional (petroleum-based) plastics, while maintaining the outstanding properties these materials bring to our everyday lives.
Sustainable Polymers 101
Big Question: Can we make plastics sustainable?
video source: University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment and NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers
video source: University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment and NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers
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