Axion Recycling LTD.

"The move to a circular economy is vital for the development of industry and the protection of the environment. One material constantly in the spotlight is plastics. Plastic is a highly engineered, indispensable material used over a wide range of applications. One of the strengths of thermoplastics is the potential ability to recycle the same material man...

"Our vision is to create a safe, economically sustainable battery recycling supply chain in the UK allowing industrial batteries from vehicles to be recycled into base components and materials, which are subsequently reused. Ultimately, we seek to demonstrate a scalable process that will lead to the UK being the primary battery recycling hub in Europe. Ou...

The 36 month REALITY project will enable the development and industrial deployment of sensor-based scrap sorting technologies to separate wrought and cast alloys and then to further separate wrought alloys into alloy types for the first time. Full scale recycled scrap based sheet and castings will be produced and evaluated. End-of-life vehicles will be sh...

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Currently circular economy business models are not common practice within the UK healthcare sector, yet many other countries have already benefited from a shift away from the traditional linear value chain. Axion will work with Philips, a world leader in the supply of medical imaging systems and therapy devices, to investigate how a circular economy busin...

Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, sweet wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up 32% of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes ends up in landfill. By contrast 58% of plastic bottles are recycled. Our vision is to achieve a circular economy for flexible packaging and divert it from landfill. To ach...

Outdoor media waste from predominantly plastic advertising banners produces an estimated 1.1 million square metres of material each year. This waste stream is not currently reused and is difficult to recycle due to the design, construction and mix of materials used to produce the banners. Axion is proposing a collaboration with members of the outdoor medi...

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The objective is to establish the technical and economic feasibility of recovery and re-use of high value materials from fuel cell electrode assemblies. These comprise perfluorosulphonic acid ion-conducting membrane (a highly specialised fluoropolymer), platinum-containing anode and cathode catalyst layers and carbon-fibre based gas diffusion layers. With...

The aim of the project is to develop innovative, lightweight, bio-based structural/functional materials with low acoustic transmittance for applications in vehicles. The materials will comprise novel engineering polymers, based on renewably sourced wheat and sugar cane fibre (bagasse) from Tate & Lyle Process Technology (TLPT) and resins. The polymeric co...