{"id":867,"date":"2023-07-12T21:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/?p=867"},"modified":"2024-02-09T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T12:09:15","slug":"comfort-loop-research-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/?p=867","title":{"rendered":"Comfort Loop Research Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230902_1052022-21-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230902_1052022-21-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-902\" style=\"width:623px;height:350px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230902_1052022-21-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230902_1052022-21-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230902_1052022-21-768x431.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230902_1052022-21-1536x862.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20230902_1052022-21-2048x1150.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am leading this project which  was recently awarded UKRI \u00a31.75M funding to address the issues concerning pollution and global warming impacts of nappies, incontinence products and period products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With birth rates increasing in some parts of the world and ageing populations a significant factor in others, demand is rising for disposable nappies, period products, incontinence pads and similar items. Exacerbated by a multitude of product types and multiple disposal routes, the resulting plastic waste stream is already out of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Comfort Loop<\/em>&nbsp;is a University College London project to design a sustainable, joined-up system covering production, use and disposal of absorbent hygiene products in the UK. Focused on fundamental research with potential for practical impacts, the research will harness the expertise of the NHS, charities, the recycling sector and local government.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/news\/food-packaging-among-targets-of-sustainable-plastics-research\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project is one of five multidisciplinary 3-year projects funded by EPSRC and BBSRC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am leading this project which was recently awarded UKRI \u00a31.75M funding to address the issues concerning pollution and global warming impacts of nappies, incontinence products and period products. With birth rates increasing in some parts of the world and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/?p=867\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=867"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.markmiodownik.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}