Optimizing Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage to Meet Ambitious Sustainability Goals

Plastic waste in the environment is a key sustainability issue of our time. This beneficial material permeates almost every aspect of our lives from our food packaging,

Jointly organised by STEM Alliance and Scientix, the chat was held online on Thursday, 28 March 2019 from 10:00 to 11:30, Brussels time. The chat took place in English. During this session, pupils had the opportunity to ask questions on careers in the petrochemical industry to the experts. The STEM Alliance chat sessions address classes (pupils from secondary schools) that are led by one or more teachers and aim at promoting awareness of all aspects of STEM careers. Since these chats bring together key STEM professionals and classes from different European countries, they may enhance a lesson focusing on a significant subject. During one and a half hour, pupils, led by one or more teachers, had the opportunity to ask topic-related questions to the experts:

Traditionally fine chemical synthesis involving hydrogenation has been performed in batch processes and for industrial hydrogenations in fixed-bed processes by using metal supported on oxidic or carbon powder carriers.

In this webinar, Dr. Chelsea Rochman, Assistant Professor in Ecology at the University of Toronto, discussed the state of science relevant to the sources, contamination, and impacts of microplastics. She focused mostly on how microplastics impact wildlife. She also highlighted some of the key gaps in our understanding and provided some relevant information to inform decision-making.