The entitled salary of the UK's PM is £172,153. It is time we cap the salaries of university management in the UK well below this threshold. Now there is a start to save on running costs.

May be see if a "Klamm" is nearby. Still a water adventure then :-)

Any airborne particle (aerosol) is obviously good (what the study does). Studying shape variation would be great, away from spheres. I mean inhalation of natural asbestos dust or other silicates is far from pleasant. The word microplastics IMO is just thrown into it.

This theory study looks through modeling how spherical particles could be taken up. It does not look at microplastics but any hypothetical spherical particle. It seems to suggest that the denser the particle, the worse. So why not focus on silicates and metal oxides instead? Clickbait. #plastic

4) Help with teaching some polymer chemical engineering and physics to a 3rd year module discussing gels and solubility, and leading several labs on radical polymerization in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. 🥽🍎🧪

3) My module on "polymer colloids" revised with a new textbook draft and some new sections. Open to higher year science UGs and all PG students. We discuss, emulsion polymerization, colloid motion and stability, rheology, industrial applications, and environmental fate and sustainability. 🧪🍎🥽

2) A module "chemical reaction engineering and data processing". Here we will introduce to science students a chemical engineering way of thinking to chemical reactions highlighting reactor design and choice and how to interpret data to existing or new models. 🥽🍎🧪

1) A module "plastics: the good, the bad, the future" is open to ALL at the Warwick on both UG and PG level. Here we will teach polymer science, engineering, and manufacturing. How polymers are made and why these materials are chosen. We will discuss societal and circularity challenges.

Afbouw van plastic kan alleen als er afbouw komt van de consumptiemaatschappij en de economische verslaving daaraan. Simpelweg zeggen minder plastic is makkelijk; waar vervang je het mee? Precies, de enige 'groene' mogelijkheid is, met niks. Maar tja, dat willen die 120 landen helaas niet....

The actual word has been around for centuries, though recently it features in many, many papers. I wonder why? Could it be AI? Haha.

On page 180 and counting. I guess I will end up around 300.

The letter states that due to polymer processing by others it becomes unfeasible. This is where a lot of the problems are. During processing into products additives, pigments etc are added. Mostly unregulated and by many small companies all doing something different. Recycling becomes a nightmare.

Added a small extra chapter after colloid motion...rheology of dispersions.

Yes, it will be a textbook for people who wish to get into the field.

Chapters will be: 1) Introduction to colloids. 2) Emulsion polymerization. 3) On colloid motion. 4) On colloid stability. 5) Industrial applications 6) Sustainability and Environmental Fate.

Absolutely not a doomer attitude. I agree there are many uses of products that are totally unnecessary. Still humanity produces it, still we all consume it. To single out plastics as the "bad" material without addressing overconsumption is in my view oversimplified.

It is easy to say "must reduce production", but this inevitably means humanity must reduce consumption, which I am sorry to say people as a whole will not do. A second point: what will you replace plastics with? It will be challenging to find environmentally sustainable alternatives.