UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced the first projects to receive funding as part of its £149m Transforming Foundation Industries (TFI) Challenge. This challenge seeks to revolutionise the UK’s foundation industries (glass, metals, cement, ceramics, bulk chemicals, and paper).
The first 10 winners will receive a share of £5m from the Fast Start Projects competition. The winners have created innovative research projects involving various stages of the supply chain, including: feedstock inputs, production and material product development. Each project involves companies from at least two of the foundation industries, illustrating the cross-industry problem solving taking place in the UK today.
Cambond Ltd joined with Bangor University and Sappi Biotech UK Ltd to lead a project “Paper, Ash and Resin: Valorisation of Foundation Industry Waste Streams” .
Industry has worked hard to deal with the waste streams or manufacturing paper, ceramics and metals, but a substantial portion of this material still goes to landfill. Better use of these wastes could replace the use of scarce or expensive virgin resources and reduce our carbon footprint.
The project brings together innovative UK technology and expertise to focus them in a robust plan to drive the commercial development of a new low carbon materials technology.
