Dr Vipul Agarwal

P1-024 Recycled PET Thermo Packaging

Dr Vipul Agarwal graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Delhi, India in 2005, MApplSc in Chemistry from University of Tasmania, Australia in 2010, and PhD in Chemistry from The University of Western Australia, Australia in 2015. In 2016, he joined the Indian Institute of Science, India on the SERB-DST Postdoctoral Fellowship. He returned to Australia in 2018 on NHMRC Early Career Research Fellowship and joined the Cluster for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) within the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW Sydney. Vipul’s current research interest is in materials chemistry especially in developing multifunctional two-dimensional coatings and three-dimensional foams for a range of applications including in neuronal tissue regeneration.

P1-024 In Progress

Aqueous technology to produce recycled PET for thermoforming food and beverage packaging application

Plastic waste has become one the biggest challenges impacting humankind. Low degradation rates of plastic leads to prolonged environmental problems, and there are climate change issues with the release of greenhouse gas both during the production, recycling and environmental degradation. Different recycling methods exist, but only a few are commercially employed. All current methods have shown some commercial promise; however, they have significant limitations.

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