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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
A Breakthrough for Recycling Mixed Plastics
CSP Investigator Chris Ellison and colleagues Ellison group created polymers to make recycling processes more efficient. Mixed plastics pose a... read more →
June 28, 2021
Hillmyer testifies at the U.S. House of Representatives Research and Technology Subcommittee
CSP Director Marc Hillmyer testifying at the U.S. House of Representatives Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing today on Plastic... read more →
June 24, 2021
Getting Started with Equity: Chemistry
CSP Postdoctoral Researcher Jeffrey Paz Buenaflor with the Wissinger Group developed a toolkit that describes how representation and the instructor’s... read more →
June 16, 2021
Dauenhauer named a 2021 Blavatnik National Awards Finalist
Congratulations to CSP Investigator Paul Dauenhauer named a 2021 Blavatnik National Awards Finalist. Showcasing America’s most promising young scientists and... read more →
June 15, 2021
Fors named recipient of the 2021 Polymer Chemistry lectureship
Congratulations to CSP Investigator Brett Fors named recipient of the 2021 Polymer Chemistry lectureship. This award, now in its seventh... read more →
June 15, 2021
New CSP research published in ACS Macro Letters
CSP Graduate Student Maggie Lau from the Ellison Group talks about the recently published research Structural Basis for the Different Mechanical Behaviors of... read more →
May 26, 2021
Sea to Source: Reducing Plastics in our Environment
With generous sponsorship from Covestro, the CSP hosts an annual Covestro Lectureship in Sustainability. In 2021 the lecture was held... read more →
May 18, 2021
Kalow named 2021 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
CSP investigator Julia Kalow named 2021 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar for research in Harnessing Reactivity-Property Relationships for Polymer Discovery. The Camille... read more →
May 5, 2021
NSF GRFP Awards and Honorable Mentions
Congratulations to current CSP members and former CSP undergrads on 2021 NSF GRFP awards and honorable mentions! Awards: Emily Abdo... read more →
April 2, 2021
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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