Coordination team

• Scientific coordinators

Sophie DUQUESNE: Centrale Lille, Université de Lille, CNRS, UMET (Polymer chemistry), Lille, France. Properties and recycling of plastics

Muriel MERCIER-Bonin: INRAE, Toxalim (Toxicology), Toulouse, France. Impact of micro- and nano-plastics on human health

Baptiste MONSAINGEON: Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, CNRS, CRIEG-REGARDS et ESO (Sociology), Reims, France. History of science and technology related to plastic waste

• Project manager

Lise PARESYS : INRAE, DEPE (System agronomy), Paris, France.

Working group 

• Scientific experts

Fleurine AKOUESON: Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (Analytical chemistry, ecotoxicology), France. Characterisation, leaching and impacts of additives from microplastics; Release of microplastics from fishing nets into the marine environment

Mathieu BAUDRIN: Anses (Sociology and history of science and technology), France. Plastic recycling

Bernadette BENSAUDE-VINCENT: Université Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne (History and philosophy of science and technology), France. Matériaux, technoscience, innovation

Nicolas BERIOT: Wageningen University (Soil sciences), the Netherlands. Long-term effects of plastics in agricultural soils

Mathilde BODY-MALAPEL: Université de Lille (Immunology, cell et molecular biology), France. Impact of plastics on human health

Pierre-Etienne BOUILLOT: AgroParisTech (Agri-food law, rural law, food law, consumer law), France. Food safety, ecological transition of food systems

Mauricio CAMARGO-PARDO: Université de Lorraine (Process engineering, Management of Technology and Innovation), France. Multi-objective revolutionary techniques, polymer recycling, life cycle analysis

Mateo CORDIER: Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin (Economie écologique appliquée), France. Plastic waste

Hervé CORVELLEC: Université de Lund (Éthique des affaires, études organisationnelles), Sweden. Socio-materiality of waste

Patrick DABERT: INRAE (Microbiology of organic waste), France. Biodegradability of plastics, Biological treatment processes such as anaerobic digestion, composting

João DA COSTA: CESAM (Analytical and environmental Chemistry), Portugal. Study of microplastics fate and behaviour in the environment (terrestrial and aquatic) with a One Health approach

Frédéric DEBEAUFORT: Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté (Food engineering and packaging), France. Development of biosourced, biodegradable and active plastics for food packaging

François DEDIEU: INRAE (Sociology of risk and controversy), France. Risk et controversy in the agricultural sector

Pierre DESVAUX: (Geography and Territorial ecology), France. Urban metabolism applied to plastic waste

Guillaume DUFLOS: Anses (Biochemistry), France. Leaching of plastic additives and risk assessment of plastics in the environment and food

Hélène DUVAL: Université Bretagne-Sud (Cell and molecular biology), France. Endothelial Cells, Cell Culture

Anne FERLAY: INRAE (Animal and food sciences), France. Effects of feeding practices on livestock production

Bruno GRASSL: Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, CNRS (Analytical and Polymer Chemistry), Montpellier. Study of nanoplastics fate in the environment

Eugenia LAMPI: General Chemical State Laboratory (Food safety), Greece. Chemical safety of plastic and recycled plastic food contact materials, and associated European regulations

Véronique LE TILLY: Université Bretagne-Sud (Biophysics, Enzymology, Physical chemistry of macromolecules), France. Activity and regulation of oestrogen receptors, Biological risk associated with oestrogenic endocrine disruptors

Christian MOUGIN: INRAE (Ecotoxicology), France. Effects of pollutants/waste in soils

Davi MUNHOZ: Wageningen University (Soil Physics and Land Management), the Netherlands. Macro- and microplastic in agricultural soil systems

Cristina NERIN: University of Zaragoza (Analytical, Environmental and Materials Chemistry, Food Packaging), Spain. Assessing the chemical safety (migration) of plastic food contact materials

Delphine NOTELET : INRAE, chargée de mission DEPE (Assessment of health and environmental risks associated with chemical contaminants), France. Overview of regulations of plastics used in agriculture and for food

Pierre OVLAQUE: IMT Nord Europe (Materials science), France. Material characterisation, mechanical properties, plastic processing

Pietro PICUNO: University of Basilicata (Agricultural and environmental engineering), Italy. Properties of plastics used in protected cultivation

Francis RAYNS: Coventry University (Agronomy), United Kingdom. Horticulture, Organic farming, Soil fertility, Use and alternatives to the use of plastics in agriculture

Valentina SIRACUSA: University of Catania (Materials, Polymer and Environmental chemistry), Italy. Production, use and life cycle analysis of bio-based and biodegradable plastics

Jérémie SOULESTIN: IMT Nord Europe (Materials and polymer chemistry), France. Production and mechanical recycling of plastics

Bruno TASSIN: Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées (Hydrology et limnology), France. Analysis of microplastics sources and flows

• Directorate for the collective scientific assessment, foresight and studies (DEPE)

Regina DASHKINA: Librarian

Sophie LE PERCHEC: Librarian INRAE – DEPE, DipSO (Directorate for open science), France.

Kim GIRARD: Communication and administrative management.

Sandrine GOBET: Logistics and administrative management.

• Illustration

Lucile WARGNIEZ