Athan Fox

Short Bio:

I am a PhD graduate in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge and Executive member at Aurelius. My core interest is development of new and ground-breaking technology to address the world's challenges in sustainability, recycling and the circular economy - to create a 'world without waste'. Our aim is to revolutionise recycling. Our vision is a web of industries where one stream's waste is another stream's in-feed: bridging linear and wasteful processes to create a circular, pollution-free, zero-waste future. To put it simply: we harvest resources from urban waste. I have been selected to represent the UK and the European Commission on multiple government-led missions to Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Europe and the Middle East. In January 2019, our business Aurelius Environmental won two prestigious Rushlight awards. In the past 3 years we have secured grant-funding for our lead-acid battery recycling project, including a Horizon 2020 Phase 2 SME, Innovate UK Newton Fund, and Innovate UK Open Programme awards. Our future depends on more than just ground-breaking research; we must translate science into meaningful and economically sensible products and services. Turning great ideas into things people need, but always underpinned by ambitious yet realistic business models. https://www.linkedin.com/in/athan-fox-46922b99/