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We are delighted to announce that ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Chemical Engineering has won the Green Impact Silver Award at the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Sustainability Awards Ceremony 2021. Dr Alexander Rettie and Dr Massimiliano Materazzi were also highly commended for their work on sustainability.

The Green Impact Silver AwardÌýhas been awarded to ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Chemical Engineering in recognition of the department's efforts towards sustainability.

This is the first time the Department has received the award for making significant positive changes to how theyÌýoperate as a Department, at both the Bronze and Silver levels.

Highly commended staff include:

Dr Alexander Rettie, Lecturer in Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage -ÌýHighly Commended forÌýSustainability Education

Alexander created and led intensive week-long projects for ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Chemical Engineering students. They were introduced to the importance of climate change, the sources of CO2 emissions, and critically analysed current topics like the electrification of transport and industrial battery production. By using real-world data and government targets, Alexander is training that will be uniquely prepared to usher in the clean economy.
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Dr Massimiliano Materazzi, Engineering/RAEng Research Fellow -ÌýHighly Commended for SustainabilityÌýResearch

Dr Materazzi’s group partnered with to test innovative recycling technologies for conversion of plastic waste from airport terminals - including food packaging and plastic film - to high value materials and chemicals. The research showed that chemical recycling offers great opportunities to make polluting sectors, like , more sustainable.

The Department would like to thank the Sustainability Committee for all their efforts this last year in making this possible. We are incredibly proud of all ourÌýachievements.Ìý

Links

• ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº celebrates 2021 Sustainability Award Winners
• ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Green Impact
• Sustainable ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº

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