How can technology and modelling approaches be further developed to improve our understanding of changing system and infrastructure needs in the transition to a circular economy?
Background
Question Group: Focused on advancing circular economy practices through systems thinking, behavioural insights, and material analysis.
Sub-questions: -How can modelling approaches be used most effectively to develop greater understanding of Scotland’s waste system and the wider circular economy, including in relation to the potential impact of policy interventions?
-How can we develop and apply technologies to better understand and improve the handling of waste in Scotland, including buried waste detection, remote sensing to detect illegal waste deposits and changes to land from waste deposition (boundary erosion etc.)?
-What is the role of technology in developing safe practices for storage and handling of waste batteries to reduce fire risk?
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Environment natural resources agriculture research strategy 2027 2032
Research fields
Related UKRI funded projects
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Accelerating the Circular Economy for Consumer Goods within Islington
GoodMine is an early stage growth business that has developed a waste prevention platform that collates open source data and creates networks to connect the dots between consumers and the circular ecosystem. The platform...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: GOOD MINE LTD
Why might this be relevant?
Partially addresses waste system understanding and circular economy, but focuses on consumer goods.
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FARRM: Fiberight Advanced Recovery and Recycling of Materials
Covid-19 has impacted many sectors; one such sector is the waste management and recycling industry. The sector is facing many challenges; increasing levels of waste generated by households during the pandemic and disrupt...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: FIBERIGHT LIMITED
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on developing sustainable and circular economy solutions for waste management, directly addressing the question.
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Waste Insights - A Downstream Supply Chain Revolution
One of the biggest barriers to scaling the circular economy is maintaining visibility and control over manufactured materials when they enter the waste system. The circular economy dictates that this material or product ...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: TOPOLYTICS LTD
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to revolutionize the waste system into a downstream supply chain, aligning with the circular economy principles outlined in the question.