University of Newcastle awards $30,000 to bring circular economy ideas to life

The University of Newcastle has awarded three $10,000 grants to projects which will help reduce waste, lower carbon emissions and maximise resource efficiency by extending the life of products and materials.

The grants were delivered by the University’s Integrated Innovation Network (I2N) through the annual Circular Economy Grand Challenge, an initiative that brings together multi-disciplinary teams, including students, staff, academics, alumni and industry, to address an issue of local and global significance.

One of the winning projects – Every Blade Counts – aims to recycle old wind turbine blades into reusable materials instead of sending them to landfill, creating commercial pathways to divert thousands of tonnes of waste while reducing reliance on mining.

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