一个由政府资助的新的合作研究中心将改变塑料的设计、使用和回收方式，以帮助应对我们这个时代最大的环境挑战之一。 l-r：格里菲斯大学教授ian dagley，工业和科学部长阁下。 悉尼大学副校长（研究）emma johnston教授。 悉尼大学将分享澳大利亚政府提供的4000万美元，用于应对塑料垃圾危机，并创建一个循环经济，为报废塑料提供财政价值。 解决塑料垃圾合作研究中心（crc）将由格里菲斯大学（griffith university）领导，该中心将由理工学院的托马斯·马斯赫梅尔教授和商业合作伙伴利塞拉控股（licellaholdings）的亚历克斯·袁博士参与。 这笔资金将使塑料的设计、制造、使用和回收方式发生转变，并将致力于开发一种消除土壤中微塑料污染的解决方案。 悉尼大学副校长（研究）emmajohnston教授说：“解决塑料垃圾危机是我们这个时代的一个关键环境挑战。 我很高兴，由于澳大利亚政府的慷慨资助，该大学的专业知识将被用来关注这一紧迫问题。 “化学学院的托马斯马斯克梅尔教授，licella联合创始人、悉尼大学纳米研究所成员表示：悉尼大学及其合作伙伴licella控股公司自2007年以来一直致力于开发革命性的cat-htr工艺并将其商业化，该工艺可以将任何塑料，包括混合的报废消费塑料，转化为油，这些油可以返回石化价值链，创造新的塑料，实现真正的循环。 ”“2015年，其全球许可证持有人（澳新银行以外）和合资伙伴mura technology加入了他们的行列，后者目前正在澳新银行以外部署5个规模的项目。 他说：“这项crc将有助于在其所能进行的基础科学研究的基础上，进一步改进和部署该工艺，并有力地支持licellas在两个工厂周围的当地商业努力。”。 悉尼大学maschmeyers教授联合首席研究员alex yuen博士表示：“先进的化学回收是一项变革性技术，通过它，我们可以真正将塑料保持在未来的循环经济中，而不会影响材料的性能或可持续性。”。 这一宣布是政府为解决甲烷排放和塑料污染问题而进行的127美元更广泛投资的一部分。 crc符合国家重建基金的优先领域，以及政府到2050年实现净零排放和解决塑料垃圾问题的更广泛目标。 工业和科学部长阁下。 edhusic表示：“crc计划旨在将澳大利亚的专业知识转化为澳大利亚企业的实际成果，并为澳大利亚带来经济、环境和社会成果。 ”“没有什么比实现净零排放和解决塑料污染更重要的挑战了。 我祝愿这两个新的crc在实现他们设定的重要目标方面取得圆满成功。 英雄形象：副校长（研究）emmajohnston教授和alexyuen博士与香港工业及科学部长。 格里菲斯大学教授ian dagley，ed husic和licella控股公司的william rowlands和andrea polson博士。a new, government-funded co-operative research centre will transform how plastic is designed, used, and recycled to help address one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time.l-r: professor ian dagley, griffith university, minister for industry and science the hon. ed husic, dr alex yuen, university of sydney, deputy vice-chancellor (research) professor emma johnston, university of sydney.the university of sydney will share in $40 million granted by the australian government to combat the plastic waste crisis and create a circular economy that gives financial value to end-of-life plastics.the solving plastic waste co-operative research centre (crc) will involve professor thomas maschmeyer and dr alex yuen from the faculty of science, commercial partner licella holdings and will be led by griffith university.the funding will enable the transformation of how plastics are designed, manufactured, used and recycled, and will work to develop a solution to remove microplastic pollution in soil.the university of sydney’s deputy vice-chancellor (research), professor emma johnston, said: “tackling the plastic waste crisis is a key environmental challenge of our time. i am delighted that, thanks to generous funding from the australian government, the university’s expertise will be leveraged to heed this pressing concern.”professor thomas maschmeyer from the school of chemistry, licella co-founder and member of the university of sydney nano institute said: “the university of sydney and its partner licella holdings have been engaged since 2007 to develop and commercialise the revolutionary cat-htr process, which allows the conversion of any plastic, including mixed end-of-life consumer plastic, into oils that can be returned to the petrochemical value chain creating new plastics, enabling true circularity.”“they were joined in 2015 by its global licence holder (outside anz) and joint venture partner mura technology who is currently deploying 5 scale projects outside anz. this crc will help significantly to further improve and deploy the process, based on the fundamental scientific studies it enables, and strongly support licellas local commercial efforts around two plants,” he said.dr alex yuen, professor maschmeyers co-chief investigator from the university of sydney said: “advanced chemical recycling is a transformative technology by which we can truly keep plastics in the circular economy of the future, without compromising on materials’ performance or sustainability”. the announcement comes as part of a broader $127 government investment into tackling methane emissions and plastic pollution. the crcs align with the national reconstruction fund’s priorities areas, as well as the government’s broader ambitions to achieve net zero by 2050 and tackle plastic waste.minister for industry and science, the hon. ed husic said: “the crc program is about transforming australian know-how into practical outcomes for australian businesses, and delivering economic, environmental, and social outcomes for australia.”“there are very few challenges more crucial than achieving net zero emissions and tackling plastic pollution. i wish these two new crcs every success in achieving the important objectives they have set.”hero image: deputy vice-chancellor (research) professor emma johnston and dr alex yuen with minister for industry and science the hon. ed husic, professor ian dagley, griffith university, and dr william rowlands and andrea polson, licella holdings.本文来源： 大学将分享4000万美元用于打击塑料垃圾
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