Tag: <span>Plastics</span>

EFRA: Plastics Treaty – Call for Evidence

Deadline:Ā  18 June 2025 at 23:59 The UK Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has issued a Call for Evidence on issues related to the Global Plastics Treaty. The final round of negotiations on a new Global Plastics Treaty (Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee or INC-5) was planned for completion …

GRIPS conference, 15–17 March 2022 – Poster Competition

IOM3 Poster Award for Innovations in Plastics SustainabilityThe deadline for submissions to the IOM3 Poster Award at Global Research & Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS) 2022 is 4 February 2022. This award is open to all: under-graduate and post-graduate students, business innovators, startups and large companies, making disruptive innovations that …

PhD Opportunity on ā€œTracking the fate of plastic biodegradation in ocean systems under environmentally relevant conditionsā€

Application deadline:  Sunday 14th February 2022 This project aims to identify the biological and geochemical/physical processes involved in controlling the fate of plastics (of different polymer types) under different environmental settings. It will utilise sophisticated techniques in microbial ecology, such as DNA-based stable-isotope probing (DNA-SIP), to trace the fate of isotopically-labelled …

EBNet Webinar: Biological and Technological Solutions to Microplastic Pollution

Thursday 20 January 2022 at 12 – 14:00 EBNet is hosting a series of specialist webinars to support knowledge exchange amongst members. Registration is now closed. Hear the latest developments from top speakers and participate in the online chat to engage with questions. The event recording is available here. If …

Winners: Early Career Researcher Conference 2021

Congratulations to the winners of our EB Network ECR Conference 2021. Best Overall Presentation (joint): Anastasiia Kostrytsia, University of Glasgow, “DNA-SIP metagenomics to recover active ammonia- and nitrite oxidisers“Angie Sherry, Northumbria University and Jane Scott, Newcastle University, “Fibre Highways: translocation of the microbiome for hydrocarbon bioremediation“ Best Poster (joint 1st):Fatima …

PhD Opportunity: Tracking the fate of plastic biodegradation

DEADLINE: Sun 14 Feb 21 This EPSRC-funded project aims to identify the biological and geochemical/physical processes involved in controlling the fate of plastics (of different polymer types) under different environmental settings. Applicants must have or expect to have a 1st class MSc degree in a relevant field by Autumn 2021. …

NOV 2019 Events Roundup

Mixing in the Water Industry12 November 2019, Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire Join a team of industry experts to consider the latest advances and best practices in mixing. Town Meeting for BBSCR ā€œIndustrial Biotechnology for Improving Production of Higher Value Chemicals fundingā€ call19 November 2019, Holiday Inn BloomsburyThis Town Meeting will give potential …