Looking back at 2025
Laura looks back at 2025 in the life of the Resource Efficiency Collective.
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Conference Recaps: The Symposium on Diabetes in Humanitarian Crises, and IPHU on Public Pharma
In October 2025, Chris Toavs, a first year PhD student in the Resource Efficiency Collective, attended two research and advocacy conferences on diabetes and health respectively. Chris is...
End-of-Life Management for Wind Turbines
New paper assesses current end-of-life practises for wind turbines and discusses future improvements that should be made to manage materials circularity.
The Impact of Mine Ownership on Trade of Metal Ores
The CCG team have published a paper on the impact that mine ownership has on the trade of metal ores.
Reflections on CCG’s Critical Mineral Showcase
On September 22nd, we had the pleasure of hosting the CCG Critical Minerals Research Showcase here in Cambridge. The event brought together a diverse group of academics, researchers, and government...
A systematic review of resilience in the critical minerals supply chains, needed for the low-carbon energy transition
The CCG team publish a review article on critical mineral supply chain resilience.
Reflections from Singapore and Vietnam: ISIE 2025 and Climate-Compatible Growth Collaboration
Mehrnoosh reflects on a recent research trip to Singapore and Vietnam.
Assessing minimum energy requirements and emissions for different raw material compositions in clinker production
Latest paper introduces an open-source model that estimates the minimum energy requirements for clinker production.
Barriers, enablers, and opportunities for scaling-up innovative and circular domestic retrofit business models in the UK
New paper explores circular business models in the UK domestic retrofit sector.
Dr Fanran Meng wins Royal Society of Chemistry’s Early Career Prize
Former member of the Resource Efficiency Collective, Dr Fanran Meng, has won the Royal Society of Chemistry's 2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy Early Career Prize.