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,…
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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…
We are looking to appoint a Research Assistant/Associate in the Circular Economy of Chemicals to join the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Newcastle University. Working with academics and industry partners in the UKRI National Centre for the Chemical…
Congratulations to Melissa Marques who won ‘Best Overall Entry’ with ‘Gearing up for sustainable circular systems.’ We live in a chaotic world with an economic system based on consumerism. Our modern production and consumption systems have evolved to guarantee that…
Congratulations to Lei Xing who won 'Best Image' with entry 'AI-aided dynamic optimisation of electricity distribution in a circular chemical system.' Switching traditional industry to circular economy could significantly reduce CO2 emission to avoid climate breakdown. Carbon capture, utilisation and…
Congratulations to Katie Lamb who won 'Best Description' with entry 'Out of sight, out of mind.' In order to become more circular, we all need to do our part. We all need to be more concise of the environment. We…
In January 2022, CircularChem and WRAP hosted a Policy Workshop where we invited a cross section of individuals including policy makers, industry, third sector organisations, government agencies and academia to explore important questions and challenges facing the Chemical industry. Please…
A Loughborough University-led project within the UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy aims to develop a sustainable biomanufacturing system with integrated carbon capture and utilisation through a novel electrochemical approach. Centre Director, Professor Jin Xuan discussed with The Engineer that the…
The UKRI Centre for Circular Chemical Economy is hiring a new Project and Impact Coordinator. We also have funded PhD opportunities available. If you are interested in joining our Centre please visit the links below. Project and Impact Coordinator. Application…
Prof Peter Styring (University of Sheffield), Dr Preetam Sharma (Loughborough University), and Dr Bhavin Siritanaratkul (University of Liverpool) participated in a Newton fund Researcher Links Workshop on Sustainable Chemical Approaches for CO2 Reduction. The workshop was hosted at Leeds University…
Dr Libby Gibson (Newcastle University), PhD student Ben Lyons (Imperial College London) and Justina Heslop (Newcastle University) attended the NEPIC Plastic Recycling Workshop on 24th November 2021 held at NEPIC HQ in Teesside. It was great to come together to…
We are delighted to invite all early-career researchers (Doctoral candidates and PostDocs) at the UKRI National Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy to participate in our first photo competition entitled: ‘One Image’ To help CicularChem’s early-career researchers showcase their work…