The Preventing Plastic Pollution with Engineering Biology (P3EB) Mission Hub, which also includes Bangor University, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, Imperial College London, University of Manchester, and University College London, will receive \u00a311.2m from the UKRI Technology Missions Fund over the next five years.<\/p>\n
The CEI in Portsmouth will receive \u00a33.5m from this fund to support its efforts to reduce plastic waste.<\/p>\n
The P3EB Mission Hub aims to transform end-of-life plastic waste using cutting-edge biology technologies. Working in collaboration, the CEI will use its enzyme technology to impart value to plastic waste<\/a> to incentivise its recovery and retention.<\/p>\n This will reduce the amount of plastic destined for landfill, incineration, or discarded into our environment.<\/p>\n Professor Andy Pickford, Director of the CEI and lead principal investigator of the P3EB Mission Hub, said: \u201cOur approach is enabled by our wide-ranging expertise and our influential project partners, and steered by engagement with the public and with policymakers.<\/p>\n \u201cOur mission is aligned with the needs of industry, so as to bring about comprehensive and enduring change, and support the transition towards a circular plastics economy in the UK, creating job opportunities and wealth for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n Formed in 2019, the CEI delivers transformative enzyme-enabled solutions for the circular recycling of plastic waste.<\/p>\n In the past year, it has accelerated research which can take these enzymes to the next level of recycling at scale.<\/p>\n Transitioning from the lab to the real world requires state-of-the-art facilities, exceptional researchers, and close collaboration with key stakeholders.<\/p>\nScaling up enzyme technology<\/h3>\n