Met4Tech was a collaborative project between the Universities of Leicester, Exeter, Birmingham and Manchester, and the British Geological Survey. The collaboration worked on improving and assuring the supply of raw materials, devising ways to manufacture goods to be re-used and recycled, and the recycling of complex goods such as batteries.

The Circular Economy Centre proposed a revolutionary alternative to the traditional linear 'use and dispose' approach. The project aimed to result in maintenance of a continuous flow of resources at their highest value for the longest time period and then recover, cascade and regenerate products and materials at the end of each life cycle. The CSMP Team were focusing on the development of novel separation and recycling techniques for technology metals.

It is hoped that the Met4Tech Centre will ultimately create a roadmap for an alternative technology metals circular economy system, including details of technology forecasts, strategic business models, new raw materials practices, and regulatory and governance requirements.

Funded by UKRI.