Two Million Revolutionary Bricks Go into Annual Production Following Funding Award
From KenoteqMay 13 2021
Kenoteq, a clean-tech spin-out from Heriot-Watt University, has been awarded £1 million in funding by Zero Waste Scotland to commercialise production of its revolutionary brick made of recycled construction waste, the K-Briq, to more than two million bricks per year.
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The unique, multi award-winning K-Briq™ is made from over 90% recycled demolition and construction waste materials. It produces a tenth of the CO
2 emissions of a traditional fired brick and requires less than a tenth of the energy in its manufacture.
The Circular Economy Investment Fund, administered by Zero Waste Scotland with funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the Scottish Government, offers investment for SMEs based in Scotland and supports innovative work that will deliver circular economy growth.