The University of Leeds has an extensive track record in circular economy related projects:

Active projects

• 2021-2024 H2020: A Just Transition to the Circular Economy "JUST2CE"
• 2021-2024 UKRI: Transforming Foundation Industries Hub "TransFIRe"
• 2021-2023 UKRI: Transforming Foundation Industries Network Plus
• 2021-2025 UKRI: Interdisciplinary Textile Circularity Centre
• 2021-2025 UKRI: Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Minerals-Based Construction Materials
• 2020-2023 EPSRC: ASPIRE - Accelerated Supergene Processes in Repository Engineering
• 2020-2021 EPSRC, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Department for International Trade: A Sustainable Circular Economy for Offshore Wind
• 2020-2021 Kirklees Council and HEIF: Circular Kirklees
• 2019-2027 EPSRC: Centre for Doctoral Training in Water and Waste Infrastructure Systems Engineered for Resilience (Water-WISER)
• 2019-2022 BBSRC: Bioenergy, Fertiliser and Clean Water from Invasive Aquatic Macrophytes (BEFWAM)
• 2019-2022 EU Marie Curie: The potential of Sharing Resources for mitigating carbon emissions and other environmental impacts (ShaRe)
• 2019-2021 University of Leeds: Mapping the Production-Consumption Gap, Health Outcomes and Potential Circular Economy of the Leeds Food System
• 2019-2021 BBSRC, Innovate UK, Newton Fund, Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology: UK-China Agritech Challenge - CITRUSAFE
• 2018-2023 AHRC: Future Fashion Factory - Digitally Enabled Design & Manufacture of Designer Products for Circular Economies
• 2017-2022 The Leverhulme Trust: Living Well Within Limits
• 2016-2021 EPSRC: ADAPT: Sustainable Behaviour Change
• Waste Atlas
• 2014-2023 EPSRC: Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioenergy

Completed projects

• 2019-2021 ESRC: Circular oil & gas decommissioning
• 2017-2021 EPSRC: Linking Modularity and Resilience in Infrastructure
• 2018-2020 Innovate UK: Optimising the production of thermoset resins from MSW-derived sugars (OPTOMS)
• 2016-2020 BBSRC: Regulation of polyphosphate metabolism in Chlamydomonas and potential for exploitation as P phosphorus sink in nutrient recovery systems
• 2014-2020 ESRC: Consumer Data Research Centre
• 2018-2019 ESRC: Encouraging Public Engagement with Textiles Waste Management
• 2018 NERC: A Climate Compatible Industrial Strategy
• 2018 Innovate UK: Developing technology, approaches and business models for decommissioning low-carbon infrastructure
• 2017-2018 Newton Fund: Solidary Selective Collection of Solid Waste
• 2014-2019 NERC, ESRC and DEFRA: Resource Recovery from Waste programme (RRfW)
• 2014-2019 NERC and ESRC: Complex Value Optimisation for Resource Recovery (CVORR)
• 2014-2018 NERC: Resource recovery and remediation of alkaline wastes
• 2015-2019 EU SPIRE: ShareBox: Secure Management Platform for Shared Process Resources
• 2015-2018 EPSRC: Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products (CIE-MAP)
• 2015-2017 EU: E-waste Implementation Toolkit (EWIT)
• 2015-2016 NERC: Arup Global Research Challenge - The Opportunities of a City-wide Circular Economy
• 2013-2018 EPSRC: Infrastructure business models, valuation and innovation for local delivery (iBUILD)
• 2013-2016 Innovate UK: Process for RApid DIsassembly of Automotive Components And Mattresses (RADIACAM)
• 2011-2015 EU: FERTIPLUS Reducing mineral fertilisers and agro-chemicals by recycling treated organic waste as compost and bio-char products