Getting it right from the start: Developing a circular economy for novel materials

By Jonny Hazell

The views expressed in this report are Green Alliance's own.

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Acknowledgements

With thanks to Julie Hill for chairing the steering group, the workshops and the public meetings involved in this project. Thanks to Nick Cliffe from Innovate UK, Mike Hinton from the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, Robert Felstead from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Carolyn Roberts from the Knowledge Transfer Network for their guidance as steering group members. And thanks to Jasper Keech for his extensive research on bioplastics and additive manufacturing, Emily Coats for hers on carbon fibre reinforced polymers, and Professor Steve Pickering and Stella Job for their input on recycled carbon fibre.

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