Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics News

Plastics upcycling featured on Iowa Public Radio

Ames Lab Scientist Aaron Sadow talks to Iowa Public radio about how polymer science can help with the global plastics pollution problem.

iCOUP science on the cover of the Journal of the American Chemical Society

New polymer science from iCOUP is featured on the cover of JACS

iCOUP scientist Geoffrey Coates named associate editor of JACS

ICOUP senior investigator Geoffrey Coates has been named an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

iCOUP Deputy Director Delferro interviewed in America Recycles Day feature

Max Delferro was interviewed in a news feature about America Recycles Day on WTTW, Chicago's PBS affiliate station.

iCOUP scientist Abu-Omar named 2022 ACS Award winner

Mahdi Abu-Omar has received an ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry

Change Agent: Aaron Sadow, finding the chemistry to add value, utility to plastic waste

Ames Lab scientist Aaron Sadow is the latest entry in a series of Iowa State University articles telling the personal stories of faculty and scientists whose work is changing the world for the better.

iCOUP scientist on PBS News Hour: Recycling has been an uphill challenge

iCOUP scientist Max Delferro is featured in a PBS News Hour segment about about plastics recycling

Why it’s ‘an exciting time’ in plastics recycling research

An article in Plastics Recycling Update highlights the work of iCOUP scientist Max Delferro

R&D World: plastics could see second life as biodegradable surfactants

Scientists at the Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) have discovered a chemical process that provides biodegradable, valuable chemicals

With this new science, plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants

A new chemical process provides biodegradable chemicals which are used as surfactants and detergents, from discarded plastics.