The Ecosurety Exploration Fund has now offered a total of £1 million since its launch in 2019.
The latest and final round of funding saw RE:Solve, Somerset Repair Bus and Zero Avoidable Packaging Waste in Construction all receive money.
Offering a total of £1million since its launch in 2019, the second and final round of the Ecosurety Exploration Fund kicked off with a call for entries in June 2021.
The fund provides a “visible funding route for companies, charities, not-for-profits, academic institutions and the public sector” working on projects that can reduce the environmental impact of packaging, batteries or e-waste through innovation or research.
The second round attracted a diverse and inspiring range of standout projects
- Will Ghali, chief executive of Ecosurety
Launchpad
Will Ghali, chief executive of Ecosurety said “The Ecosurety Exploration Fund has proven to be a vital launchpad for innovative projects that offer real solutions to some of the key problems we face today, with astounding results achieved by the first round of projects we funded.”
“As before, the second round attracted a diverse and inspiring range of standout projects which made the job of the independent judges very tricky indeed.
“We look forward to seeing the three winning projects accelerate us towards a more sustainable future and we would like to extend our appreciation to everyone who either took the time to enter or helped us select the most promising projects to fund.”
RE:Solve
The RE:Solve project is being lead by South West College in Northern Ireland and is looking at a novel process to “efficiently remove food waste from plastic packaging without using large quantities of water”.
Once separated, the aim is for both the food and the plastic to be effectively treated and recycled.
Ecosurety said the funding will enable them to achieve proof of concept with a prototype plant that will enable the process to be scaled up commercially.
ZAP
The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products is leading this project to research and develop “scalable solutions to help combat avoidable packaging waste in construction, a sector that is the second-highest consumer of plastics, much of which is not recycled”
The funded project will link with real-world construction projects to build case studies and offer future training and guidance “that will demonstrate the positive actions the whole supply chain and sector can take, helping the construction industry reach zero ‘avoidable’ waste by 2050”.
Somerset Repair Bus
Aiming to take repair and reuse from a niche to a norm for rural communities, this project, led by Resource Futures in collaboration with Somerset Waste Partnership and Donate-IT, features a touring electronics skill-share and collection facility to promote sustainable electronic and electrical equipment consumption.
Travelling throughout Somerset, it will aim to help to coordinate, facilitate and raise awareness of electrical repair and reuse across rural communities.
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