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Meet the CSIRO team! Our materials science partner building the research foundation for ReCircle. The CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) is Australia's national research laboratory with cutting-edge plastic characterisation capabilities. ReCircle is supported by CSIRO's Materials Upcycling and Sustainability Exploration (MUSE) Laboratories, which develop sustainable upcycling processes using modern technologies. The CSIRO will characterise LDPE waste feedstocks from our industry partners, determining contamination levels and creating baselines that inform our system design. They will develop detailed pellet libraries using spectroscopy, evaluate recycled materials for various applications, and benchmark our outputs against commercial-grade LDPE. This foundational research is critical to ReCircle's success - without understanding contamination profiles of different waste streams, we cannot build effective processing systems. CSIRO's analysis ensures our technology delivers market-quality recycled pellets. Dr Adrian Trinchi leads CSIRO's MUSE Labs, developing advanced materials for environmentally friendly waste upcycling. With over 100 publications, he is internationally recognised in functional materials. Dr Ahmad Kandjani specialises in materials characterisation and waste management, with over 110 publications. His research appears in Advanced Functional Materials and Energy & Environmental Science. Dr Louis Kyratzis leads the interfacial chemistry team and has secured over $24M in funding. He was a Eureka Prize finalist for Defence Science contributions. Dr Melissa Skidmore leads CSIRO's Waste Innovation Work Package, focusing on recyclable-by-design polymers and transforming plastic waste into valuable resources. The MUSE team's material characterisation data will inform every aspect of our system design, from AI training algorithms to processing parameters. #CSIRO #MUSE #MaterialsScience #PolymerResearch #RecyclingInnovation #ProjectPartners