Funded Projects – CE-Hub Flexible Fund

The Old Pants Project is an innovative feasibility study that aims to demonstrate whether growing edible mushrooms on textile waste is a viable alternative to the landfill and incineration that is currently used to dispose of over 92 million tonnes of fabric every year.
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The Circular Cricket Gear (CCG) project will focus on exploring potential strategies to maintain the value of products, components, and materials in the economic and social systems of cricket gear.
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This proof of concept study will assess the potential for recycled carbon black from waste tires to be applied in printable electronic, electrochemical and photovoltaic devices.
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The proposed research project comprises of processing, characterisation, diagnostics, process optimisation and performance evaluation of a carefully designed feasibility study to carry out plasma spray of ceramic coatings using cement by-pass dust and other industrial wastes.
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The 'Digital Decarbonisation: Data Recovery, Recycling, Reuse, and Remaining Useful Life for Digital Circularity' study will build the foundations of a ‘metal decarbonisation dashboard’ to enable organisations to evaluate their metal digital carbon footprint.
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The project aims to unlock the circularity of mass timber by developing an adhesive-free approach to joining. The possibility of Linear Friction Welding (LFW) of recycled timber is being investigated as a potential joining technology. 
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The textile sector globally accounts for the fourth-highest usage of primary raw material, the CircTex London project will improve our understanding of the use of waste textiles in London by addressing data gaps in the flow of clothing textiles in London.
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The Sustainable infrastructure construction and repair using calcium carbonate waste (CCW) lime project will investigate the feasibility of the use of lime sourced from calcium carbonate waste as a soil stabiliser.
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