We are taking STEPS towards a sustainable future!
STEPS kickoff in September 2016, with 19 industry partners, three academic partners and Region Skåne.
About the program:
STEPS – Sustainable Plastics and Transition Pathways
This research program was initiated during 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 having desired material properties and -life cycle by matching appropriate carbon-neutral building blocks and their derivatives. Major focus in the programme is on polyesters, which represent a plastics group with varying properties for wide range of applications and a sizable global market.
STEPS aims 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.
Who is who?
Christopher Folkeson-Welch
MISTRA Program Director
Board Members
Britt-Marie Bertilsson
Chair of the Board
Kristy-Barbara Lange
Deputy MD Regulatory Affairs European Bioplastics
Maria Gustafsson
Project Manager, SIS (Swedish Standards Institute)
Søren Hvilsted
Professor DTU/Danish Polymer Centre
Management Group
Rajni Hatti-Kaul
Program Director
Leader WP1
Biotechnology
Lund University
Baozhong Zhang
Leader WP2
CAS
Lund University
Lars J Nilsson
Leader WP3
IMES
Lund University
Christian Hulteberg
Leader WP1
Chemical Engineering
Lund University
Teis Hansen
Leader WP3
Human Geography
Lund University
Åsa Halldén Björklund
Leader WP2
Perstorp
Ellen Lindblad
Leader WP3
Sysav Utveckling AB
Nicolas Rehnberg
Leader WP1
Bona
John P Jensen
Leader WP1
Nordic Sugar
Linda Zellner
Leader WP2
Perstorp
Ellen Palm
Leader WP3
IMES
Lund University
Johanna Generosi
Program Coordinator
FSI
Lund University
Partners
