materials

Green tech start-up makes leather from scraps that would otherwise head to landfill

From flexible touch screens to smart driving seats and robot 'skin', smart material pressure sensors from Quantum Technology Supersensors have a host of exciting applications

A circular economy will present major raw materials challenges, argues AECOM's Robert Spencer

Green material mimics the properties of 'wonder material' spider silk, one of the world's strongest materials

Jonny Hazell from Green Alliance urges for design stage circular economy thinking to be given priority in industrial strategy

Report argues steps need to be taken to ensure emerging materials such as carbon fibre composites and bioplastics are properly reusable and recyclable