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📦Would you pay more for sustainable paper packaging than you would for plastic packaging? This question was posed during a livestream last week run by our member, Archipelago Technology Group Ltd, where their CEO, Guy Newcombe, and his team explained their new PowerDrop technology. PowerDrop is a high transfer efficiency non-contact coater, a machine which can precisely coat fibre-based packaging in low and high viscosity liquids so that it gains plastic-like waterproof properties but can still be recycled. 🥤The problem with plastics is that they can't be easily recycled and yet we use so much of them - 150 million tonnes in packaging alone! Of that, 90% doesn't get recycled, instead ending up in the ocean, buried, or burned. PowerDrop is designed to counteract that, and with a high throughput, minimal waste, and minimal downtime, a single machine will save 7000 tonnes of CO2 per year compared to a spray coater while coating 100 million packages in the same timespan. Many thanks to Archipelago and FuturePrint for hosting such a well-produced and informative livestream. Watch the VOD here: https://lnkd.in/eDAC-4a7 . #Plastic #Reduce #Reuse #Recycle #Paper #CarbonReduction #Green Sylvie Russell, Sam Goodall, Camila Vila-Echague, Satyajit Mohanan, Reiss Mason

#ThrowbackThursday - Here's BloombergNEF's Claire Curry talking about getting on track for net zero emissions by 2050 from this summer's Cleantech Venture Day 🌐 . #CVD #CleantechVentureDay #NetZero #Investors Climate Tech Supercluster, Sam Goodall, Sylvie Russell

🛫👷♂️Refurb and #decarbonisation of two former RAF hangars has been completed by R G Carter (Associate Founder Member) as commissioned by Cranfield University (Founder Member)! With both hangars complete as of March 2024, the heating demand of the building has been reduced by 75%, and moving away from gas has resulted in a 90% carbon footprint reduction. 🗣️ Chris Morris, Project Manager at Cranfield University, said: "The client, stakeholders, and wider community (including a recent visit by the RAF, have been really impressed. From the outside, the Hangars have retained their original pre-Second World War heritage look, but inside, they have been transformed into a fantastic 21st Century Aircraft Hangar facility." 🔗Read more: https://lnkd.in/eGWjn2EE Contact us for more info. . #CarbonFootprint #RAF #Planes #University #CarbonReduction Sylvie Russell, Sam Goodall, Camila Vila-Echague, Satyajit Mohanan, Reiss Mason, Paul Hutchinson

#WomenInTech Week is here! 👩💻👩🔬👷♀️ What events across the UK are you attending? There's so much going on this week it's hard to keep track, but let's point out a few highlights: - 🫖Talks and tea by the sea in Cornwall - 💭Insights from Lyndsay Menzies, CEO of Eight Million Stories, in Edinburgh - ✊LinkedIn Live exploring how everyone can progress women in tech through allyship WeAreTechWomen is facilitating events from Oct 7th to Oct 11th to accelerate the career development of women in tech. Additionally, the theme of this month's Climate Tech Club is 'Women in Tech' so if this week's events have got you wanting more, or something more local, join us on October 22nd: https://lnkd.in/eNRQGFZM . #WomenInSTEM #UKTech #WomenInBusiness #DiversityInTech Sylvie Russell, Camila Vila-Echague, Hannah Scott, Charlotte Rogers

🌐 This summer's Cleantech Venture Day went so well we just have to keep talking about it! 🗣️ Here's EDF (UK)'s David Ferguson summarising the retrofit roundtable held that day. #CleantechVentureDay #Retrofit #Roundtable

🗣️💭New opinion article 🗣️💭 'The role of plastics in modern society: Navigating their importance and environmental impact' This article was written by Dr. Athan Fox who is the founder of our Member, Ever Resource, and a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge. 💬 We'd love to hear your thoughts on this hotly debated topic in the comments! 🔗: https://lnkd.in/dpG27b92

🖥️ Our Member, Archipelago Technology Group Ltd, is running a free 45-minute livestream at 2pm BST on Wednesday 2nd October. 📦The livestream will be focused on the move from plastic-based to fibre-based food packaging, and will feature an overview of the Powerdrop coating technology with an explanation of how Archipelago prove its suitability for their customer's needs. In addition to hearing from the Archipelago CEO, Guy Newcombe, the livestream will feature insights from team members Lekshmi, Peadar Byrne, and Greg Nam. There will also be a Q&A session. Sign up now: https://lnkd.in/ezsFuMdx

👩🔬🧑🔬 Come join us at NIAB for this month's Climate Tech Club with the theme of 'Women in Tech'. This event is a unique opportunity to hear from our speakers in a panel discussion on the opportunities and challenges facing women in Climate Tech, followed by a networking session with peers to connect, share experience and inspire one another. We want to bring together women in climate tech networks to share their challenges, the hard yards, and magnificent successes. Book your tickets now: https://lnkd.in/e58Fp2uX Barclays Eagle Labs, Carbon13, #WomenInSTEM #Female #Women #ClimateTechClub #Climatetech

Cranfield University are offering two incredible funding opportunities, and SMEs, start-ups, spinouts, individuals, academics, and students are all eligible! 📅💻 Attend their live webinars on October 9th and 15th for more info on each and apply by November 11th. . Green Future Investments Ltd

Our Associate Founder Member, Allia, are hosting a Black History Month Community Day at their central Guildhall Offices on October 2nd! Book your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/ez9sph-r #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #CambridgeNetworking