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The 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 featured on German program Galileo
CSP research and researchers were recently featured in a segment for the German television program Galileo for their work in... read more →
February 4, 2019
CSP collaborates with Libraries to improve data management
The CSP has partnered with UMN librarians Meghan Lafferty, Shannon Farrell, Carolyn Bishoff, and Lisa Johnston to create a new... read more →
January 24, 2019
CSP at Minnesota Ag Expo 2019
A team of researchers attended the 2019 Minnesota Ag Expo to share how they are using corn to transform plastics.... read more →
January 24, 2019
CSP featured in episode of How to Make Everything
CSP researchers worked with the creators of How to Make Everything on this episode that features biobased plastics. Check it... read more →
January 11, 2019
Frank Bates named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Congratulations to CSP Investigator and UMN Regents Professor Frank Bates, who has been named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow.... read more →
December 11, 2018
CSP research featured on the cover of The Journal of Chemical Physics
Collaborators Russell K. W. Spencer and Professor Mark W. Matsen from the University of Waterloo recently published an article on field-theoretic... read more →
November 28, 2018
ACS Webinar – Innovations in the Photochemistry of Polymers
Tune in on Nov 13 at 1:45 PM CST to learn from two CSP investigators, Professor Brett Fors (Cornell) and... read more →
November 12, 2018
Reineke awarded the 2018 DuPont Nutrition & Health Science Excellence Medal
Congratulations to Professor Theresa Reineke, who has been awarded the 2018 DuPont Nutrition & Health Science Excellence Medal from the... read more →
October 17, 2018
Cramer Appointed as UMN’s Vice President for Research
Congratulations to Professor Christopher Cramer for his selection as the new Vice President for Research by University of Minnesota President... read more →
October 15, 2018
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 Center for Sustainable Polymers
video source: University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment and Center for Sustainable Polymers
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