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Project Details
Description
STEPS' research programme started in autumn 2016 after being awarded the funding for Mistra´s call of proposals on “Plastics in a Sustainable Society”.
The program, with a strong support from important stakeholders, has a vision of a future society in which plastics are sustainably developed, produced, used and recycled in a circular economy. STEPS is planned in close dialogue with industrial partners, and thus reflects the market needs for sustainable plastic systems both on a short-term and long-term basis.
It is based on the concept of designing eco-friendly plastics with desired material properties by matching appropriate carbon-neutral building blocks and their derivatives. The main focus is on polyesters, which represent a plastics group with varying properties for wide range of applications and a sizable global market.
STEPS' ambition is to play a key role in instigating and accelerating this sustainability transition by strengthening the knowledge and research base for technology- and product development and innovation, developing and assessing key niche products with industrial partners, and analysing the sustainability, institutional and policy implications of potential transition pathways.
The program, with a strong support from important stakeholders, has a vision of a future society in which plastics are sustainably developed, produced, used and recycled in a circular economy. STEPS is planned in close dialogue with industrial partners, and thus reflects the market needs for sustainable plastic systems both on a short-term and long-term basis.
It is based on the concept of designing eco-friendly plastics with desired material properties by matching appropriate carbon-neutral building blocks and their derivatives. The main focus is on polyesters, which represent a plastics group with varying properties for wide range of applications and a sizable global market.
STEPS' ambition is to play a key role in instigating and accelerating this sustainability transition by strengthening the knowledge and research base for technology- and product development and innovation, developing and assessing key niche products with industrial partners, and analysing the sustainability, institutional and policy implications of potential transition pathways.
| Acronym | STEPS |
|---|---|
| Status | Finished |
| Effective start/end date | 2016/09/01 → 2020/08/31 |
Collaborative partners
- Lund University (lead)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp
- IKEA of Sweden AB
- Bona
- IKEM - Innovations- och Kemiindustrierna i Sverige
- Lyckeby Starch AB
- Nordzucker AG
- Orkla Foods
- Perstorp AB
- Svensk Etanolkemi AB (SEKAB)
- Södra
- Electrolux
- Flextrus AB
- Clariant
- Bioprocess Control AB
- General Plastics Scandinavia AB (GPS)
- Sysav Utveckling AB
- Region Skåne
- RISE IVF AB
- Veolia
- Lindex
Funding
- MISTRA, Swedish foundation for strategic environmental research
UKÄ subject classification
- Polymer Chemistry
- Political Science
- Energy Systems
Free keywords
- Plastics
- polyesters
- sustainable transition pathways
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Molasses Purification and Valorisation: Towards a sustainable production of hydroxymethylfurfural
Sjölin, M., 2023 Nov 21, Lund: Chemical Engineering, Lund University. 81 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (compilation)
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Towards sustainable plastics: Microbial production of aromatic and aliphatic building blocks from biobased feedstock and plastic hydrolysate
Englund Örn, O., 2023 Jan 31, Lund: Division of Biotechnology, Lund University. 69 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (compilation)
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Pursuing a Circular Economy in the Danish Waste Sector: Scale and Transition Dynamics in Transformative Innovation Policy
Madsen, S., 2022 Dec 14, Lund: Lund University (Media-Tryck). 174 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (compilation)
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STEPS Phase 2: STEPS – Sustainable Plastics and Transition Pathways, Phase 2
Hatti-Kaul, R., Egan, N., Generosi, J., Hulteberg, C., Bauer, F., Zhang, B., Englund Örn, O., Sayed Ali Sayed, M., Hagman, A., Leiva Eriksson, N., Pyo, S., Madsen, S., Palm, E., Nilsson, L. J., Ericsson, K., Stripple, J., Holmberg, K., Liu, J., Molina-Besch, K., Mankar, S., Warlin, N., Nguyen, T., Nordin, A., Dash, S., Jannasch, P., Karlsson, H., Abdelaziz, O., Garcia Gonzalez, N., Peric, S., Valsange, N. & Rehnberg, N.
MISTRA, Swedish foundation for strategic environmental research
2020/09/01 → 2024/08/31
Project: Research
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Enduring ephemerality: A cultural political economy of plastic disposability
Holmberg, K., Stripple, J., Skovgaard, J. & Hasselbalch, J.
2020/09/01 → 2025/06/01
Project: Dissertation
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Molasses Purification and Valorisation
Sjölin, M., Lipnizki, F., Al-Rudainy, B., Wallberg, O. & Thuvander, J.
2017/10/15 → 2023/12/15
Project: Dissertation
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Will Coronavirus Be the Death or Salvation of Big Plastic?
Fredric Bauer (Interviewee)
2020 May 4Activity: Other › Media participation
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Plastskam, plastskatt eller plastförbud?
Fredric Bauer (Invited speaker)
2019 Dec 2Activity: Talk or presentation › Public lecture/debate/seminar