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'Mono-materials' help the circular economy because it makes the sorting process at the end-of-service easier. Instead of having to separate many materials, the recycler or dismantler has less materials to 'deal' with. Seats in the car industry are usually made of PU foam topped with PVC or Leather (generally speaking). This means that the materials are basically impossible to separate using conventional (industrial) methods. The result of this is that the majority of seat material is shredded and burnt for energy or landfilled. Now, Ethar A. has HDPE fibres. These could very easily be used to create a woven seat textile... Same time, we could use HDPE foam for the seat foam. Trade-offs in material performance of course. However, with development and testing, this could be a break-through. Cool opportunity for mono-materials.

Early start for me as I head down to Sheffield for today's sustainability drop-in with the inimitable Tawanda Bwerudza at the Cooper Building, to talk all things circular and sustainability, before coming back to Manchester for tomorrow's drop-in. If you're around Sheffield today and have a sustainability question, come and get your free consultation. We'd be delighted to host!

Let's find creative ways to tackle your sustainability challenges in waste and resource management. See you soon, Sheffield! 🚀 💫

Join us and ReallyRecycle | B-Corp on the 27th November 2024. Between 11:30 and 13:30, we will be helping you unlock creative solutions to your sustainability challenges in waste & resource management! Whatever industry you are in, bring us your pressing sustainability problems. We look forward to seeing you there!

There is a stronger link between sustainability and engineering than may seem apparent at first. We are determined to prove that. We want to make sure our product gives car makers globally the most seamless and effective way of integrating and analysing sustainability data, so that they can make informed business decisions that reduce their environmental impact. If you work in engineering or sustainability in the automotive sector. Get in touch, we'd love to get your input on our tool. It's nearly here! We cannot wait to share it with you.

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Anyone else going to the Engineering Design Show next week? 🙋🏿 Thank you for the heads up All Mobility Alliance Ltd, looking forward to talking design, engineering, circularity and everything in between.

Looking for a consultant? A former colleague of mine can consult on issues and strategies with regards to circularity, responsible sourcing and engineering. The attached film is from when he was working at Polestar first as Transparency Lead and then as Circular Lead. Do not hesitate to reach out to Tawanda Bwerudza if you need consultant work connected to sustainability. https://lnkd.in/dGb9GW8y?

Imagine if you didn't need a Bill of Materials (BOM) to calculate the environmental impact of a new car design... 🤔 Well... very soon, you won't need to imagine! 🔮 At Kuona, we are working on something that we cannot wait to share with sustainability and engineering teams in the automotive sector. Stay tuned... 🚀

A Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) is a structured methodology used to identify, evaluate, and mitigate potential failures in a product's design before it reaches the production phase. DFMEA's are important because they enhance product reliability and safety, reduces costs associated with design changes, and ultimately ensure stakeholder satisfaction by preventing design-related issues. The process of DFMEA'ing hasn't changed much over the past decades in line with the development process of new cars. In fact, some of the templates we use today in the Automotive industry are 20+ years old. Thats why developing a DFMEA using today's methodologies, if done correctly and to maximum effect is a big drain on resource & time. Wouldn't it be cool if there was a way of doing DFMEA's that reduced the time it took to build it by more than half? AND automated the majority of the inputs required? 🤔 Well, we're working on a solution that answers both of those questions. Get in touch if you want to find out how! 🚀