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Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour wins Circular Future Fund prize

Researchers at Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour (LITAC) have won a share of the Circular Future Fund, an initiative run by John Lewis Partnership in collaboration with environmental charity Hubbub to award projects working towards a circular economy. Leeds' researchers, in collaboration with the Wolfson CO2 Laboratory in the School of...

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John Lewis launches million pound challenge for circular future

The John Lewis Partnership has launched a 1 million pound Circular Future Fund to counter the high street’s throwaway culture. The parent of John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets will be offering grants between 150,000 pounds and 300,000 pounds to social enterprises, charities and academia who have workable ideas to reduce the...