Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP240101279

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP240101279

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

An in-built depolymerisation solution for polyethylene waste. This project aims to design enzymes that can be embedded into polyethylene, and later activated by the elevated temperatures of a compost heap, to depolymerise the plastic to small molecules. There are no good options available for the controlled decomposition of polyethylene waste at present, and instead researchers have focussed on solutions that rely on modifications to the underlying chemistry of the backbone and or collection to a central facility. Our approach would result in an in-built decomposition that does not require collection and recycling in a central facility. Since it is based on a depolymerisation mechanism it does not result in the production of harmful, partially disintegrated microplastics.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2024

End Date: 12-2026

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $364,318.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Macromolecular materials | Colloid and surface chemistry | Macromolecular and materials chemistry |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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