, Herriot-Watt announce circular economy project, TheCircularEconomy.com

Herriot-Watt announce circular economy project

ByThe Circular Economy Team

, Herriot-Watt announce circular economy project, TheCircularEconomy.comHerriot-Watt University has announced the launch of a research project aiming to create new materials from residual waste leftover from recycling.

The project involves a £250,000 Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) funded by Innovate UK and the Scottish Funding Council. Herriot-Watt will partner with Brewster Bros, a Livingston-based recycling business, with an aim of further developing Scotland’s approach to a circular economy.

Part of the project will look at recycled clay which can account for up to 25 per cent of the output produced when excavation waste is recycled via a washing process. This by-product commonly ends up in landfill. Herriot-Watt confirmed that the project will also include the creation of a hazardous soil treatment centre, the first of its kind in Scotland.

Read the full article at: www.theengineer.co.uk

, Herriot-Watt announce circular economy project, TheCircularEconomy.com

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