CUPOLA project

We are excited to announce that the next CUPOLA project meeting will be held on September 19, 2025, during the international conference titled “International Association for Carbon Capture 2025 conference (IACC2025)” taking place at the University of Birmingham, UK, from September 17 to 19, 2025 (in-person and online). This meeting will provide an excellent opportunity…

GAO Si, a PhD student at QUB, joined openLCA.conf 2025 in Berlin on life cycle assessment. The conference emphasizes the research and application of LCA software, and shares the latest advancement. Topics like LCA in food and agriculture, alternative materials, renewable fuels and energy systems, advancing LCI and LCA for policy etc. were introduced in…

During an academic exchange at the State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Xiaotong Zhao took part in research on biomass pyrolysis, gaining hands-on experience and deepening expertise in thermochemical conversion. The exchange also led to a collaboration on CO₂ capture using molten salts, contributing to the development of innovative…

We are pleased to announce that the CUPOLA project has been strengthened by the addition of two new beneficiaries and one partner institution: These new institutions significantly enhance the project’s capabilities, infrastructure, and interdisciplinary strengths, supporting our efforts to develop innovative, sustainable pathways for recycling marine plastic waste into value-added materials according to the circular…

In March, Professor Katarzyna Styszko from the Faculty of Energy and Fuels and PhD student Gabriela Fuks from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management at AGH University of Krakow visited Tsinghua University in Beijing as part of the HORIZON MSCA Staff Exchanges project. The visit aimed to strengthen international collaboration on sustainable and…

The CUPOLA has produced the below report about sorting processes for marine plastic waste: