Research

The Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Mineral-based Construction Materials focuses on improving the way we use materials such as aggregate, cement, brick, plasterboard, stone and glass, particularly in infrastructure.

In the UK, we use these materials at a rate of more than half a million tonnes per day, and they are by far the largest global material resource flow. The ICEC-MCM research will support transformative change to circular processes and practices over the whole MCM value chain, with the objective to lead the UK at the forefront of the green industrial revolution.

The ICEC-MCM research programme addresses three Challenges:

Research

Challenge 1 – Stocks, Flows and Impacts

Challenge 2 – Technological Innovation

Challenge 3 – Systemic Enablers