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From grass to graphene: could methane answer the call for rising nanomaterial demand?
Thomas Lonsdale - March 22, 2024

From grass to graphene: could methane answer the call for rising nanomaterial demand?

Methane, the principal component in natural gas, accounts for approximately a third of the ...

Mewburn Ellis is delighted to partner with Oxfordshire Greentech on the Climate Solutions Conference
Eleanor Maciver - February 2, 2024

Mewburn Ellis is delighted to partner with Oxfordshire Greentech on the Climate Solutions Conference

Mewburn Ellis is delighted to partner with Oxfordshire Greentech on the Climate Solutions ...

Plant based leather - the eco-friendly alternative hitting the catwalks
Thomas Lonsdale - January 30, 2024

Plant based leather - the eco-friendly alternative hitting the catwalks

Vegan leather isn’t only an ecofriendly alternative, which isn’t made from animals. It’s also being ...

Plastic Packaging Pollution: Kelp is on the Way!
Thomas Lonsdale - January 3, 2024

Plastic Packaging Pollution: Kelp is on the Way!

Plastic packaging materials have revolutionised modern life. They have several important properties ...

In person event - Circular Economy: Ideas to Business, Oxford, 7 December 2023
Jacqueline Murphy - October 23, 2023

In person event - Circular Economy: Ideas to Business, Oxford, 7 December 2023

Mewburn Ellis is delighted to be partnering with Oxfordshire Greentech to present an exciting in ...

Green Aviation – Ready for Take off!
Thomas Lonsdale - July 31, 2023

Green Aviation – Ready for Take off!

In 2022 aviation accounted for ca. 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions, with around 800 Mt ...

In person event - Circular Economy: Ideas to Business, Cambridge, 13 September
Jacqueline Murphy - June 26, 2023

In person event - Circular Economy: Ideas to Business, Cambridge, 13 September

Mewburn Ellis is delighted to be partnering with Cambridge Cleantech to present an exciting in ...

Green Tech: Making IP Part of Your Toolkit - Webinar
Jacqueline Murphy - May 16, 2023

Green Tech: Making IP Part of Your Toolkit - Webinar

On Wednesday 21 June, we are delighted to be hosting in partnership with Oxfordshire Greentech a ...

Operating in the circular economy: From idea to Business – our co-hosted event with Oxfordshire Greentech
Jacqueline Murphy - April 19, 2023

Operating in the circular economy: From idea to Business – our co-hosted event with Oxfordshire Greentech

On Wednesday 22 March, we were delighted to co-host an in-person event with Oxfordshire Greentech ...

Operating in the circular economy: From idea to Business – in person event, Oxford UK, 22 March 2023
Jacqueline Murphy - January 9, 2023

Operating in the circular economy: From idea to Business – in person event, Oxford UK, 22 March 2023

We are delighted to be partnering with Oxfordshire Greentech to present an exciting new in person ...

Antibody therapy for pets – following the human lead
Alex Galbraith - December 1, 2022

Antibody therapy for pets – following the human lead

Over recent decades monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy has developed from a standing start to become ...

Vets: who’s taking care of the animal caregivers?
Matthew Barton - November 1, 2022

Vets: who’s taking care of the animal caregivers?

Our pets are members of the family, and we would do everything we can to make sure they stay fit ...

High hopes for hydrogen electrolysers: EPO report looks to the future of green hydrogen production
Thomas Lonsdale - June 30, 2022

High hopes for hydrogen electrolysers: EPO report looks to the future of green hydrogen production

Hydrogen is often seen as the “fuel of the future” due to its high energy density, its abundance ...

Plastics from thin air – converting captured carbon dioxide
Thomas Lonsdale - November 16, 2021

Plastics from thin air – converting captured carbon dioxide

From the start of 2021 up to the date of writing this blog in November, an estimated 37 billion ...

Microplastics: tiny particles causing huge problems
Thomas Lonsdale - September 6, 2021

Microplastics: tiny particles causing huge problems

Although small in size, microplastics are a big issue.

Unwrapping compostable packaging
Thomas Lonsdale - June 7, 2021

Unwrapping compostable packaging

In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Thomas Lonsdale unwraps the future of compostable packaging.

3D-printing: a breakthrough in battery technology
Thomas Lonsdale - April 15, 2021

3D-printing: a breakthrough in battery technology

As described in our recent blog article Energy storage: batteries and beyond, lithium-ion batteries ...

eFuel – the solution to green air travel?
Thomas Lonsdale - March 17, 2021

eFuel – the solution to green air travel?

Electric vehicles (EVs) look like an obvious replacement in working towards a decarbonised future. ...

Clean, green, renewable machine - the future of centralised and distributed energy storage
Thomas Lonsdale - March 16, 2021

Clean, green, renewable machine - the future of centralised and distributed energy storage

The Government recently announced that they want to make the UK the world leader in clean wind ...

Breaking down barriers to film recycling
Thomas Lonsdale - March 2, 2021

Breaking down barriers to film recycling

Since the invention of cellophane by Swiss chemist Jacques E. Brandenberger in 1900, soft polymeric ...

Circular economy: rethinking composite plastic packaging
Paul Dunne - October 20, 2020

Circular economy: rethinking composite plastic packaging

As we move towards a circular economy, there is a huge incentive for chemists to find innovative ...

Compostable packaging – let’s break it down
Thomas Lonsdale - September 7, 2020

Compostable packaging – let’s break it down

Before Covid-19, I often used to buy my lunch in one of those “compostable” cardboard soup ...

E-scooters – a solution to socially distanced travel?
Thomas Lonsdale - July 2, 2020

E-scooters – a solution to socially distanced travel?

The UK Government has announced that trials of rental e-scooters will be allowed to take place from ...

Recycling polymer composites (mixed material complicates)
Thomas Lonsdale - May 28, 2020

Recycling polymer composites (mixed material complicates)

Polymer composites are finding use at an ever-increasing scale in an ever-increasing range of ...

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