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This project is a collaboration between 20 Industrial Partners and University of Birmingham, University of Edinburgh, University of Leicester, Newcastle University, University College London and Imperial College London. The project aims to establish an infrastructure in which 100% of the materials found in lithium ion batteries used in the automotive sector can be recycled. This will have a significant impact on issues such as the safety, economics and efficiency of battery recycling, while also reducing the environmental impact incurred by these processes.
Funded by The Faraday Institution.
For enquiries regarding the ReLiB project, please contact Prof Andy Abbott at apa1@le.ac.uk.
The overarching aim of RECREATE is to develop a circular economy for TCMs, keeping the materials or components in the highest value form with the lowest environmental footprint. The project brings together three of the leading research institutes in the UK (Universities of Birmingham, Leicester and Edinburgh) who each specialise in different technologies for the extraction and re-use or recycling of TCMs. The project includes leading industrial and public-sector players and policy makers, all involved in the drive to create a circular economy for critical materials in the UK. Ultimately the project is developing a toolbox of technologies which can sense, sort, separate and re-use or recycle a broad range of TCMs from a wide range of products.
For enquiries regarding the RECREATE project, please contact either Dr Molly Keal (meek1@le.ac.uk), Dr Evandro Castaldelli (ec447@le.ac.uk) or Dr Chris Powell (cp479@le.ac.uk).
APOLLO is a collaborative project between 18 partners from 9 countries, covering the entire value chain from material to process innovation to photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing and recycling. APOLLO will create a circular approach to link legacy recycling, future production and future recycling. A pilot line will be demonstrated and used to process an input of 40 tonnes of PV waste which will be recycled, resulting in enough reclaimed materials for 1 tonne of re-manufactured silicon and 30 exemplar PV modules.
Funded by European Union's Horizon Europe research & innovation programme.
For enquiries regarding the APOLLO project, please contact either Prof Karl Ryder (ksr7@le.ac.uk) or Dr Deepa Oberoi (dggo1@le.ac.uk).