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Earlier this year, the UK Government released its Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy. Here, Materials World speaks to experts for insights on the report and its implications.

Mark Glover speaks to Tesco’s Denise Mathieson FIMMM about the contribution of her work partner.

Iain Ferguson FIMMM, Environment Manager at food retailer Co-op, offers his perspective on biodegradable plastic materials.

Microfactories are “turning traditional manufacturing on its head”, says Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) at the University of New South Wales in Australia. Here, she chats to Shardell Joseph about her journey towards achieving a collective and circular economy using waste materials.

Dr Tahsin Ali Kassam at UDL Intellectual Property discusses a recently granted patent relating to forming a solid fuel composition from mixed solid waste.

Andrea Gaini puts questions to industry and academic representatives about securing the skills we need to power a ‘green economy’.

As industries gear up towards a net-zero economy, Andrea Gaini reports on an event that explored the challenges and importance of upskilling the workforce.

Fred Starr FIMMM reflects on space’s meteorite wonders

Researchers at the University of Plymouth on confronting the issue of marine debris.

In the last of a series of articles, the team behind the UK’s collaborative Discover Materials initiative explore how we can raise awareness earlier in schools of Materials Science and Engineering as a discipline that offers many career opportunities.

IOM3 CEO Colin Church FIMMM considers the intertwined issues of resource efficiency, circular economy and decarbonisation and why IOM3 members have an important role to play.