Redesign of consumer goods plastics packaging for lower packaging weight and/or volume and introduction of refill stations. Started with partial shifts to using recycled plastics and to replacing non...
Read More about Beyond Disposables – Towards Circular Plastic PackagingRepurposing of cloth pieces that are recovered from post consumer garments and other textile wastes for sewing into garments, bags and/or other textile products in community sewing centres.
Read More about Repurposing garment and textile wasteIntroduction of new product designs based on bamboo and rattan offcuts. Application of heat forming technique to reduce the use of glues in product finishing.
Read More about Greening bamboo and rattan productionProduction and extraction of fruit enzymes from edible and non-edible parts of mangos and other tropical fruits and use of fruit seeds and skins for useful byproducts, such as personal care products a...
Read More about Circular economy for tropical fruitsDesign, development and local manufacturing of electric vehicles (primarly buses) and charging infrastructure (including from grid connected renewables) that are custom designed for the public transpo...
Read More about Electric vehicles for public transportRedesign of bra-products to include recycled PET and recycled nylon fabric and natural rubber foam, reduce material diversity, extend product's useful lifetime, and offer a repair service and end...
Read More about Towards fashion circularity through material substitutionUtilization of nickel slag (by-product of ferro nickel smelting) into bricks as substitute for concrete and ceramic bricks in road and building construction.
Read More about Recycling nickel slag into concrete bricksThe sago plantation and its processing supports the circular economy transition by making efficient use of natural resources (resource efficiency), and by recovering biomass waste (resource circularit...
Read More about Sago as Alternative Starch SourceDesign and manufacturing of 2-wheeled electic vehicles (e-scooters) which are customized for use in dense urban areas. Development and operation of supportive battery-swapping ecosystem, partially pow...
Read More about Two wheeler EVs to reduce climate and air emissionsProduction of high-quality plastic pellets and filaments from a mixture of recycleable plastic waste and select agroresidues (including rice straw, coffee grounds, bamboo leaves) for use in niche indu...
Read More about Composite materials from agricultural waste and recycled plasticsProduction of bio-resins for diverse packaging and product applications using a mix of lignin rich coffee husk and starch-rich agro residues (from sweet potatoe, corn or cassava).
Read More about Bioplastics made from coffee husk and agricultural by-productsSubstitution of virgin PET fibres with recycled PET fibres for the production of some of yarns and fabrics for use in the textile and garment industry.
Read More about Using recycled PET for fabric production
