Workshop Summary 24th January 2024 This workshop included over 50 stakeholders from academia, industry, policy makers and the third sector. The following is a summary of the highlights arising from the discussions. Current Landscape The UK chemical sector is the…
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Written by Matthew Royle, Research Assistant On the 1st of December, the Royal Society of Chemistry hosted a one-day in person event ‘chemical feedstocks for sustainable industry’ at Burlington house, a pertinent topic in the chemical industry right now. Despite…
The 2023 Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Global Awards Dinner took place on 30th November 2023 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, UK. CircularChem were delighted to be finalists in both the Sustainability and Team categories. We are thrilled to announce…
Written by Cathal Burns, PhD Student, Northumbria University. In September 2023, Newcastle University played host to the UKRI Circular Chemical Economy Summer School. Numerous colleagues from both industry and academia came together to share plans and ideas for closing the…
In September 2023, CircularChem hosted their Circular Chemical Economy Summer School at Newcastle University. Held at The Catalyst – an award-winning building in the center of Newcastle upon Tyne – academics, researchers, PhD students and industry professionals gathered to exchange…
Written by Beren Dempsey, University of Sheffield. The 2023 Circular Chemical Economy Summer School hosted by Newcastle University brought together members of industry, academia, governance, and enthusiasts from the public taking a multidisciplinary approach to transform the chemical industry into…
Written by Matthew Royle, Research Assistant As part of a joint effort from the CircularChem policy and engagement teams, written evidence was submitted for the Northern Ireland consultation call, regarding the first draft of the “Circular Economy Strategy for Northern…
Written by Matthew Royle, Research Assistant I was recently fortunate enough to present some of the work from our CircularChem Centre at the World Symposium of Climate Change and Sustainable Development Centres in Hamburg, 29th-30th June 2023. The symposium aimed…
On 20th June 2023 the North East Process Industrial Cluster (NEPIC) hosted their annual Clean Growth Conference at Hardwick hall, bringing together businesses, academia and the public sector from across the Tees Valley region to discuss net zero and emerging…
Written by Matthew Royle, Research Assistant After responding to the “Technological innovations and climate change: onshore solar energy” inquiry by the Environmental Audit Committee of the UK Parliament, a collaborative effort from CircularChem team, members at the University of Sheffield…
The UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy (CircularChem) held its annual research showcase at Loughborough University from 27th to 29th March 2023. The event gave the opportunity to present the cross-cutting research occurring within the Centre, whilst bringing together…
Katie Lamb and Peter Styring, current Theme 3 policy researchers at the CircularChem Centre, have recently finalised a report regarding the effectiveness of the UK run COP conference COP26, which took part in October 2021. Following on from the initiatives,…
Dr Katie Lamb & Professor Peter Styring from the University of Sheffield have been reflecting on COP26, with a newly released perspectives article for Frontiers and Energy Research, detailing how well COP26 (and COP27) policies (as well as UK policies overall) are…
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £1.5 million in circular economy innovation projects. This funding forms part of the UKRI National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research programme (NICER). It enables SMEs to engage with and benefit from…
CircularChem hosted a Summer School at Newcastle University on 6th-8th September. The event was a great success with plenty of networking opportunities, expert panel discussions, presentations and social events. We would like to thank everyone who attended for their contributions…
As part of our engagement activities, our CircularChem team took part in the Edinburgh Science Festival on Saturday, 9th April 2022 in the National Museum of Scotland. The CircularChem team focused on converting waste materials such as plastics, industrial waste gas,…
Prof Jin Xuan met with Cell Press editors Dr. Michelle Muzzio (iScience) and Dr. Kristina Vrouwenvelder (Chem) to discuss the work of the UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy, working with more than 100 industrial partners to transform the…
We have been working with WRAP to conduct a high-level desk-based research study and series of stakeholder interviews to ascertain the key non-technical challenges to the implementation of non-mechanical recycling in the UK, with particular emphasis on legislative elements. This…
The team at University of Liverpool (Dr Bhavin Siritanaratkul & Prof Alex Cowan), in collaboration with the team at Loughborough University (Dr Preetam Sharma & Prof Eileen Yu), have published a new electrolyzer design for reduction of carbon dioxide to…