Evolving a Circular Plastics Economy

Professor Kevin Burden K.J.Burden@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Educational Technology

Professor Richard Barnes

Professor Rudi Wurzel R.K.Wurzel@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Comparative European Politics and Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Studies.

Dr Felix Why

Professor Gerald Midgley G.R.Midgley@hull.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor of Systems Thinking

Dr Chandrasekhar Kambhampati C.Kambhampati@hull.ac.uk
Emeritus Academic

Professor Pauline Deutz P.Deutz@hull.ac.uk
Visiting Professor of Circular Economy and Society

Professor Nishikant Mishra Nishikant.Mishra@hull.ac.uk
Professor/ Head of Management Systems Subject Group

Professor Will Mayes W.Mayes@hull.ac.uk
Environmental Science

Dr Victoria-Sophie Osburg

Dr Sharif Zein

Professor Daniel Parsons

Dr Michael Farrelly

Emeritus Professor Carl Redshaw C.Redshaw@hull.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor

Dr Vicky Skoulou V.Skoulou@hull.ac.uk
Graduate Research Director (GRD) of School of Engineering ; Assoc. Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Chemical Engineering ; PI of the B3: Biomass Waste- BioenergH2- Biochars Challenge Group of PGRs and PDRAs

ECPE PPF: Engaging young people in the circular plastics economy Oct 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2020

ECPE PPF: A demonstrate process to showcase the plastic conversion into fuels Oct 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2020
EVERY MINUTE 1 Million polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are produced and will increase further 20% by 2021. Current recycling technology cannot provide a due solution to completely transform them into high value products. The industry will lo... Read More about ECPE PPF: A demonstrate process to showcase the plastic conversion into fuels.

ECPE PPF: Plastics2Energy Oct 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2020
The project will combine the feasibility element with an overall aim to produce hard data and evidence of proof of concept and then showcase and share this data with UK communities.
Funding is to be used for research and development testing of the u... Read More about ECPE PPF: Plastics2Energy.

ECPE PPF: Development of an operational UAV-based system for monitoring plastic waste in the coastal environment Nov 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2020

ECPE PPF: Getting the Plastics Circular Economy Message Out: Arts Research and Performance as a Route to Shared Arts and Science Impact and Engagement Nov 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020

ECPE PPF: A Decision Support System for tracking, reporting and visualising plastic waste Dec 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2020

ECPE PPF: To investigate a plastic free alternative to single use plastic sacks for co-mingled recyclate reflecting technical, social economic and environmental constraints Jan 1, 2020 - Nov 30, 2020
Scarborough Borough Council like other councils across England provide a single use plastic sack for residents to store and present their recycling in. This is because the density of housing and space available does not permit the use of a wheeled bi... Read More about ECPE PPF: To investigate a plastic free alternative to single use plastic sacks for co-mingled recyclate reflecting technical, social economic and environmental constraints.

Learning without borders (Thailand) Mar 1, 2017 - Aug 31, 2018
A workshop that will exploit the proven educational and social benefits of using mobile technologies in settings where access to learning is restricted. It includes fieldwork and the development of basic literacy and numeracy, promoting self-directed... Read More about Learning without borders (Thailand).

Sustainable Intensification of Rice Agriculture in Vulnerable Mega-Deltas: A Global Challenge’ May 1, 2017 - Apr 30, 2019
The world's major river deltas - hotspots of agricultural production that support rural livelihoods and feed much of the global population - are facing a major sustainability crisis. This is because they are under threat from being 'drowned' by risin... Read More about Sustainable Intensification of Rice Agriculture in Vulnerable Mega-Deltas: A Global Challenge’.

Tomorrows Books Today: (Vietnam) Apr 1, 2017 - Mar 31, 2019
The project will bring together teacher educators from the University of Hull and VNU, along with other external stakeholders (e.g. Danang University in Vietnam and VSO, Vietnam), to develop a set of exemplar hybrid digital textbooks and an accompany... Read More about Tomorrows Books Today: (Vietnam).

Greenhouse Gas removal in the Iron and Steel Industry Sep 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2022
This is a GGR Topic-specific proposal

Up to 200 billion tonnes of slag may be produced over the next century as a by-product of the iron and steel industry, which could theoretically sequester up to 90 to 155 billion tonnes of CO2 through enhanced... Read More about Greenhouse Gas removal in the Iron and Steel Industry.

Liverpool-Humber Optimisation of Freight Transport May 1, 2017 - Jan 31, 2021
The LHOFT Project - Liverpool - Humber Optimisation of Freight Transport uniquely brings together the combined strength of a major cargo owner (Unilever) the two key port operators at each end of the M62 corridor (ABP on the Humber and Peel Ports on... Read More about Liverpool-Humber Optimisation of Freight Transport.