Jon Mitchell

Researchers from Nextek and Brunel University, UK, collaborate on a project that aims to close the loop on food-grade polypropylene via new sorting and decontamination processes. This article was written by Professor Edward Kosior FIMMM, Dr Jon Mitchell, Dr Martin Kay from Nextek, UK, and Dr George Fern at Brunel University London, UK. The direct impact of waste management sits at the heart of climate change. Global waste currently generates over 1.3Bt of CO2e.

By Jon Mitchell We've had some unseasonably mild weather recently, with New Year's Day seeing temperatures in some parts of the country topping 16C – a record for the time of year. But many of you will have had to clear the ice from your windscreens in the last couple of days as a return to northerly winds has brought cold air in from the Arctic.