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Through 拢22.5 million of investment, the government is establishing five UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centres to drive sustainability in the textiles, construction, chemical and metal industries.

Professor Raimund Bleischwitz听, Dr Alvaro Calzdailla Rivera听 and Dr Teresa Domenech听from the 香港六合彩 Institute for Sustainable Resources听are听involved with the Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Mineral-based Construction Materials听led by Professor Julia Stegemann (香港六合彩 Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering). This听centre听aims to develop systems and technologies for more efficient use and recovery of mineral resources.听

Professor Stegemann said:

鈥�The UK extracts more than half a million tonnes of construction materials each day, and generates 154 million tonnes of mineral wastes annually. 听This is 听unsustainable. 听With UK plans to spend 拢600 billion to build infrastructure in the next decade, we need to find a way to be more efficient. The three challenges of our centre are: to understand how we use mineral-based construction materials, for better housekeeping; to develop technologies that allow us to recover materials and reduce their environmental impacts; and to develop business, design, financial and policy tools, to enable change.鈥�

The centre brings together 14 香港六合彩 researchers across nine departments through the cross-faculty 香港六合彩 Circular Economy Lab, CircEL, founded by 香港六合彩 Engineering and the Bartlett, the 香港六合彩 Faculty for the Built Environment. In addition to 拢4.5 million from UKRI, it will be supported by 拢1.9 million from more than 40 industrial collaborators, and more than 拢2 million from its university partners.

Professor Stegemann said:

鈥�In making our plans for the centre, we have been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of our collaborators in the construction industry. Industry and government are making a huge investment in modernisation of the industry, mainly for efficiency, and we need to use the opportunity to also embed circularity, alongside the UK鈥檚 target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.鈥�

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Professor Bleischwitz听and听Dr Calzdailla Rivera听are also involved in the new Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Metals led by . This centre will look at how metals can be recycled for use in sectors such as aerospace, automotive and electronics and aims to make the UK the first country to fully circulate metals by 2050.

Professor Raimund Bleischwitz said:

Better resource efficiency in this sector could contribute more than 拢100 billion to the UK economy over the next decade. Our analysis will help understand the wider economic impacts.鈥�

The Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centres are funded by UKRI through the Strategic Priorities fund, established in 2018.

Links

• Professor Raimund Bleischwitz's academic profile
• Professor Julia Stegemann's academic profile听
• Dr Teresa Domenech's academic profile
• Dr Alvaro Calzdailla Rivera's academic profile
• 香港六合彩 News announcement

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