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April 26 2023

Wildflowers on the Puddydale

Our Story

If you have seen a wildflower meadow in bloom, I am sure you have appreciated it, whether it be for the beauty of the flowers or the habitat and sustenance it provides for insects, butterflies and other wildlife. This was what we wanted to create in the middle of a built up town environment.

We wanted to explain to others the importance of creating these food sources for our disappearing insect life and encourage others to copy our example, whether it be in their garden or a public space, in their shopping or commercial area. A wildflower area is a great alternative to the manicured areas of bedding plants that are more common in urban areas. It is also much appreciated by many, adding to health and wellbeing of communities. So many passers-by stopped to admire the flowers in bloom and read our signs.

The Heswall Joint Rotary Environment Group was formed not only to bring together the resources of three local Rotary Clubs for the support of our environment, but to reach out to others in our community to join with us in our environmental projects.

The Challenge

In the early stages of the project, we seeked advice from Wirral Wildlife and New Ferry Butterfly Park who helped us analyse the soil type, prepare the ground correctly, and purchase seed to suit the soil.

Effective engagement with the local council allowed us to get permission to use a piece of Council land on a local area in central Heswall, known as the Puddydale. Establishing relationships with key stakeholders is vital for a project like this to succeed. It allowed us to reach out to volunteers who played a huge role in helping carry out the work.

There was a slight worry that the site could be victim to vandalism due to courteous temporary signage, however local residents were great in helping manage the site and prevent such damage from happening.

Our Solution

Having been successful in obtaining a grant from the Liverpool City Region Environment Fund, we had to complete the project between March and October 2021, which worked well with the growing season. The turf was removed from an area of approximately 100 sq metres, the ground rotavated, and then thoroughly raked to prepare for the seed.

By sowing a combination of annual and perennial wildflower seeds, a good show of flowers was achieved this year, with more to follow in 2022 and 2023 as the perennial flowers also come into bloom. A fair amount of physical work was involved but with a good number of volunteers in short shifts, the workload was not onerous. Fortunately the weather was on our side on all our working days!

This was an excellent small project that could be copied in any urban environment where a patch of land can be found. It has been appreciated by so many residents, provided a great source of food for pollinators and other insects, and helped to get members of the community working together. We hope that the interpretive panel will continue to inform and encourage others to take similar action.

April 26 2023

Paddington Village Heat and Energy Network

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Our Story

The Paddington Village Heat and Energy Network is a key player in proving innovative and sustainable heat solutions across the city of Liverpool, connecting the Paddington Village site and other new and future buildings to the decarbonisation route map for the city.

The £35 million Spine building in the heart of Paddington Village is one of the UK’s healthiest buildings. It is designed to increase the health and wellbeing of the people who work and visit there with its internationally recognised WELL standard.

As we move towards a zero-carbon economy, providing sustainable heat solutions for businesses to tap into is crucial to allow densely populated city centres to decarbonise and help reach the wider national Net Zero targets.

The Paddington Village is a £1 billion flagship development site at the eastern gateway to Liverpool’s thriving Innovation District, providing state-of-the-art education, tech, science and health spaces.

The Challenge

A huge challenge for this project was navigating the surge in energy prices post-covid and having to deal with a hugely volatile and unpredictable market. This industry requires patience and flexibility to allow projects come tor fruition and being able to deal with unexpected set backs.

The Solution

The building is heated by a low-carbon heating exchange based within the ground floor of the adjacent new 14-storey car park (which will also provide heat to the other Paddington Village buildings either under construction or planned), using 30-50% less energy. The smart building management system regulates the temperature and lighting, responding to external lighting conditions and saving energy by turning lights off when rooms are not being used.

LED lighting saves 50% of energy costs compared to traditional lighting. Programmable lift technology minimises journeys by empty lifts, and there are posters to encourage people to use the signature ‘Spine’ staircase.

The design of its internal spaces, glazing features, and the use of plants and water inside creates a calming working environment for people that work and visit there.

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April 26 2023

Trees for Climate in Wirral

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Trees for Climate is a national woodland creation programme, part of the Government’s £500m Nature for Climate Fund aiming to, at least, treble planting rates in England by the end of this Parliament (2024).

The Mersey Forest is one of 12 Community Forests across England delivering the programme, transforming landscapes and communities across Merseyside and Cheshire.

Launched in November 2020, the programme is significant in the Government’s commitment to address climate change and carbon mitigation. Across Cheshire and Merseyside, nearly 44 hectares of new woodland has been created in the last year, in urban parks and green spaces and on private land and farmland.

In the Wirral, The Mersey Forest team works closely with Wirral Council to identify suitable land to plant trees, as part of the Council’s Tree, Hedgerow and Woodland Strategy which aims to double Wirral’s tree canopy over the next ten years by planting 210,000 trees.

The Challenge

We found that maximising the collaboration between the local council, communities, and organisations like The Mersey Forest was critical to the project’s success, as we were able establish good relationships with key stakeholders and gave us good advice and extra pairs of hands when needed. Early engagement with the landowner ensures a lengthy timeline to identify the best possible site.

The advice we got from the Community Forest helped us in being able to deliver the project on time, and with actively involving local communities in the delivery of the planting encourages a sense of place and ownership for those involved.

However there’s always room to improve; for our future Trees for Climate schemes in Wirral, we will be increasing our public consultation to ensure that more of our communities understand the purpose of the planting and have an opportunity to take part. We will also be delivering the planting without the use of plastics and application of herbicides to help address the climate and environmental emergency which has been declared in Wirral.

Our Solution

Leasowe Loop, a former horse grazing site, was a location selected by the council, with under a hectare of land prepared and planted. A mixture of coniferous, shrub and native softwood trees were planted using funding provided through the Trees for Climate programme.

The project’s success is measured on the amount of carbon it is predicted to sequester over its lifetime as it converts atmospheric carbon dioxide into biomass.

Larger sites are also registered and validated through the government recognised Woodland Carbon Code, this ensures that the amount of carbon estimated to be stored is verified to international standards for carbon sequestration projects. For the Leasowe site, which is used in this example, the trees planted will store approximately 291 tonnes of carbon dioxide over 100 years.

The community have also been instrumental to the success of this project and over 80 volunteer days were organised over a five-month period by the Wallasey Tree Planting Group, ensuring the trees were protected, mulched and weeded. Training and support have been provided by The Mersey Forest Team for these sessions.

Besides the obvious benefits of improving air quality and reducing noise pollution, the trees will be a valuable carbon store and provide a haven for biodiversity – addressing Wirral’s Climate Emergency challenge.

The site has had many challenges with weeds around the saplings growing at a phenomenal rate during the warm and wet spring/summer. A team of volunteers has turned up most weekends to help tackle these with training support and tools provided by The Mersey Forest Team. The group intends to take the planting challenge to new sites in the coming years using trees they are growing at their nearby nursery site.

In total over 4,300 trees were planted on this site. When fully established, it is estimated that these will store an estimated 291 tonnes of carbon over 100 years.

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April 26 2023

The High Park Green Spaces Project

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High Park in Southport is in the top 10% deprived areas in the country with poor health and life opportunities for local residents. Within High Park there are 3 underused green spaces. The aim of this project was to encourage the positive and sustainable use of these spaces with community involvement. The areas parks were predominantly used either as football pitches or children’s play areas, with little to interest older residents or those interested in environmental sustainability.

There was little in the way of flowering trees, plants and planters in the park spaces and, when surveyed, residents felt that introducing these would have a positive effect on not only biodiversity, but health and wellbeing through increased usage of the park spaces.

During this project we worked with a number of key partners such as the Green Sefton’s Natural Alternatives, Grounds Maintenance and Tree teams, Mersey Forest and local councillors to effectively guide the intervention in the area.

The Challenge

In order to foster community ownership and engagement of the area’s public spaces, it was necessary to support the formation of a ‘Friends of High Park Green Spaces’ community group. This allowed local residents to lead on and manage aspects of the project including procurement of appropriate materials from local sources and the overall planning and design of the intervention.

While some questioned the survivability of adult trees and planters placed in the area’s parks – the guiding coalition of local volunteers who helped throughout the process and eventually constructed assets such as the planters, arguably, increased the survivability of the intervention.

This was further exemplified by the engagement of young people in the area who were readily involved in planting and maintaining the spaces throughout the duration of the project. We feel this aided towards challenging negative perceptions of local residents (both of themselves and externally) in their capacity to enact positive change within their community.

As such, we feel that any intervention in a public green space should heavily involve local resident support in both the planning and design process.

Our Solution

The funding received through the Liverpool City Region Community Environment Fund allowed us to fund this sustainable project for the local community to help develop and promote their area. To ensure sustainability, the project is supported by staff from Brighter Living Partnership’s High Park: Think Family, Think Community project, a 5-year National Lottery funded project ending in 2024.

The Liverpool City Region Community Environment Fund allowed us a meaningful stimulus to kick start more interest in the local parks. Without this funding, the cost of purchasing adult trees would have been too prohibitive for smaller community groups. Purchasing older trees rather than whips has provided a much more meaningful and visible change to the park which was vital to foster community interest area-wide.

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April 26 2023

Premier is Going Green

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Premier’s electric vehicle journey started back in 2014. Our managing director, John Cutler, was semi-retired and was keen to make a difference after working in the industry for 30 plus years. After researching which vehicles on the market would be viable as a taxi, he visited a local Nissan dealership to test drive one of their Nissan Leafs. At the time, there were very few resources available containing information about using fully electric vehicles as taxis, so it was important to get first-hand experience.

In 2015 we initially ordered fourteen 100% Electric Nissan Leafs. Due to the overwhelming success of the vehicles, customer and driver feedback, we took the decision to order more. To date, we have invested over £3,500,000 on Electric Vehicles and operate well over 100 Nissan Leafs and Nissan e-NV200 Minibuses. To compliment the Electric Taxi fleet we also operate the Fylde Coast’s largest fleet of Hybrid Electric Vehicles split across the business in Blackpool and Lytham St Annes.

This investment into our electric fleet continued throughout the Covid pandemic and have established an even larger fleet of vehicles than before.

The Challenge

Before starting our electric journey, there were little to no resources available for the sustainability of electric vehicles being used as taxis. At the time there were only a small handful of electric vehicles on the road being used as taxis across the entire country.

Extensive research in to what vehicles were available on the market was carried out. We looked at price of the vehicle, running costs, maintenance costs, battery size, vehicle range, how the vehicles charged and the overall suitability of the vehicles being used as taxis.

Once the first 14 vehicles had been ordered, we progressed to applying for planning permission for their own private charging infrastructure of rapid chargers for the cars. This took around 6 months to get in place, along with arranging drawings for planning permission and numerous contractors to supply the electricity connections to the sites then supply and fit the chargers in place. Due to the relaxation in planning laws, planning permission is no longer required for chargers falling under a certain height.

Unfortunately at the time there was no funding available for this type of project so it was wholly self funded. It is still unclear to most as to what funding is available for electric vehicle chargers. The Government have a fund set aside for installing chargers in local authorities, but for the councils to apply for money from this fund, they need to match it, which most cannot. Therefore public charging infrastructures are almost non existent in our local area.

Above all else, speaking with others in the industry proved to be invaluable. There are countless companies across the country that have enjoyed a similar journey to us, and most are keen to share their experiences and encourage others to take the leap too!

Our Solution

To date, our electric taxi fleet have completed over 13 million zero emission miles, making a sizeable impact reducing the towns overall carbon footprint. It’s estimated that our drivers have also saved around £2 million on fuel alone, with additional money saved in the reduction of vehicle maintenance.

We own and operate a network of charging stations at six locations throughout Blackpool for the exclusive use of Premier drivers. All electricity used to charge up the vehicles is from renewable energy sources.

In addition to adopting vehicles with green credentials, our dispatch system is setup to reduce emissions also by using a feature called ‘closest cab’. This queues jobs for drivers based on their final drop off point meaning the amount of combined miles traveled whilst empty is reduced, along with the overall miles a vehicle will travel in a year being less.

In 2019 we won the Green Fleet Taxi Company of The Year Award, beating huge companies such as Addison Lee and Green Tomato Cars of London. In 2021, we won an International Green Apple Environment Award competing against over 500 nominations.

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April 26 2023

MaCaW Project (Making Carbon Work)

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Our Story

In the UK today, 20% of all carbon emissions are produced by SME’s. Often described as ‘hard to reach’, smaller businesses often don’t have the resources or connections to help arrest that figure. therefore here at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), we decided to help change that.

The MaCaW Project (Making Carbon Work) is an EU EDRF Low-Carbon Project which helps support Lancashire based SMEs in reducing their carbon footprint. Based within a university, the project can tap into the wealth of knowledge and experience of leading academics.

Our project director, Professor Karl Williams is an academic and industry lead specialist in waste management. We also have access to academics with expertise on renewable energy and more efficient business practices/process.

The Challenge

The SMEs that we have engaged with are becoming increasingly more aware of their role and importance in our shared global interest of reducing CO2 emissions. This has allowed for high levels of success vs targets following our engagement. Also, general uptake of the project has been high with a healthy pipeline that has continued since our early stages of the project.

We have found working with Lancashire-wide business support networks such as BOOST incredibly helpful in spreading the word, especially in the early stages. We have also found success (pre-Covid) in leaflet dropping smaller, more traditional manufacturing businesses who are normally viewed as ‘harder to reach’.

The grant funding element of the project is obviously a big draw to for SMEs, especially those looking to make investments into low-carbon technology.

Our Solution

So far, we have worked with over 150 individual SMEs and have managed to save just under 1,5000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. We have also granted a total amount of £264 thousand through our grant funding programme that enables SMEs to make essential investments into reducing their carbon footprint.

The MaCaW Project worked with T&R Precision Engineering, a leading aerospace supplier on helping the business look towards low-carbon ways of working a new renewable energy. T&R Precision Engineering supplies CNC engineering tools to the industry to fit out aircraft such as Boeing and Airbus.

The company was keen to ensure that any growth in the company’s production and size was met by a commitment to reduce carbon emissions as much as possible. In total the company has reduced its carbon footprint by 60 tonnes a year, reducing its annual electricity bill by almost £20,000 thanks to the effort of the MaCaW Project.

MaCaW was also able to offer a grant to part fund the installation of large solar panels on the roof of the new factory. The solar PV system will cover the 6,000 square foot facility. With a £15,000 grant towards the total cost, the capital outlay for T&R Engineering was more manageable in the short term, with the system paying for itself in half the time. The system offsets 22.51 tonnes of carbon emissions per year.

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April 26 2023

Lancaster District Car Club

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In 2018/19, Lancaster City Council were paying out up to £50,000 in milage claims for staff, producing an estimated 31 tonnes of CO2. Despite having three pool cars at the town halls, officers began the process of understanding the business rationale behind causal milage claims and why personal cars were being used.

It was discovered that personal cars were used mainly for convenience but also due to the lack of pool cars available and the inflexibility of the booking system. Analysis of milage claim data also confirmed the ideal location and distribution of cars among the teams.

Using this information, a business case was developed to increase the council’s electric pool car fleet and introduce an easier and more flexible means of booking cars. The proposal developed was based on financing the scheme using capital borrowing, which would be paid back by reducing the amount of casual mileage claims from officers.

The business case was approved and in 20/21 the council invested £114,000 in buying six EVs, with £70,000 spent on the instillation of charging infrastructure at key locations across the district.

The Challenge

Understandably, Covid-19 created a delay in the launch of the car club to the public and initially, increased home-working also resulted in less demand from internal officers. There were also some preconceived ideas about access difficulties formed around the older booking systems. This has all now changed.

We’ve learnt that efforts have to be focused on getting buy-in from staff, department managers and heads of service and that engagement in the early stages is really important for uptake. It’s also clear that there’s not a one-size-fits-all when it comes to these sorts of schemes.

Promotion of the scheme was rigorous and we’ve taken an ‘on-going’ approach to maintain interest and broaden our reach. It was vital that any issues that arose were addressed quickly and efficiently at the start to ensure that staff remain engaged and the reputation of the scheme is maintained.

Our Solution

Rather than a standard, off the shelf booking system, the project team partnered with Co-Wheels to offer keyless entry to the cars and provide an agile booking system via a mobile app.

In additional to providing staff access, a public launch was scheduled for May 2021 and two cars were opened to residents and the general public during off-peak times via the Co-Wheels car club scheme. This allows residents to have access to electric cars on a pay-as-you-go system, using scheme to gain further value from the assets when not in use. Officers were keen to monitor bookings in order to assess demand.

Since the public launch, bookings have steadily increased, primarily over the weekend periods. In August 2021, 749 miles were driven by the public with bookings every weekend. As demand is increasing, officers are reviewing options to open up several other cars that are located across the district.

The project is currently on track and has achieved close to the Yr1 50% emission reduction projected in the business case with booking numbers increasing and internal mileage claims reducing. The additional public bookings not only contribute towards the cost of the scheme, but also provide an inexpensive way for residents to access new, greener forms of transport.

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April 26 2023

Bowland Priority Peat

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The Forest of Bowland AONB Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2010) identified peatland as one of a number of habitats particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. As a result, the AONB Partnership set out to help restore this priority habitat to make it more resilient to the effects of climate change.

Around a similar time, Lancashire County Council, Forest of Bowland AONB and Environment Agency worked together to establish the Lancashire Peat Partnership to help co-ordinate efforts to gather data and evidence on Lancashire’s peatland and also to secure additional funds to support deliver of restoration on the ground.

In 2013, the Lancashire Peat Partnership commissioned a series of ‘Priority Peat’ reports to collate data and evidence on peatland condition and opportunities for restoration across the County. Since then, these reports have helped to unlock funding from a range of public, private and charitable funding sources to support delivery of peatland restoration.

Fast forward 10 years, the Forest of Bowland AONB Partnership has helped secure £2.5 million investment and managed the restoration of 755 hectares of peatland habitat (an area equivalent to 1000 football pitches) across 18 different sites.

The Challenge

We initially talked to established peatland restoration initiatives, such as Moors for the Future, Yorkshire Peat Partnership and North Pennines AONB Partnership. These meetings and discussions provided us with loads of inspiration and insight into what was involved in developing a similar initiative in Forest of Bowland.

The IUCN UK Peatland Programme has helped us in networking with practitioners, academics and other peatland experts as we have developed the initiative. Attending their annual conferences from 2010 onwards has been invaluable.

Most areas of upland in peat in the Forest of Bowland (and wider Lancashire) is privately owned, so developing trusted relationships with landowners and land managers in the area has been absolutely critical. Developing these relationships takes time and effort and should not be underestimated.

Developing an understanding of the funding ‘landscape’ has also been vital. This includes both public and the future potential for private investment, including via the Peatland Code (similar to the Woodland Carbon Code).

Our Solution

Peatland (or ‘blanket bog’ as the habitat is known in the uplands) is of international importance for its biodiversity and also its carbon storage. Whilst peatlands only cover 3% of the world’s land area, they contain nearly 30% of all carbon stored on land. A healthy, functioning blanket bog is extremely important in providing various ecosystem or natural services for society.

Some of these services include reducing carbon loss and promoting sequestration of atmospheric carbon, reductions in downstream flood risk and siltation, and a reduction in wildfire risk on moorlands. It will also enhance the quality of nearby water and biodiversity whilst improving the overall landscape and the natural beauty of the area.

Restoration work includes reprofiling of gullies and peat hag edges, construction of many timber, coir and stone dams designed to slow the flow of water, along with path improvements and revegetation with heather brash, sphagnum mosses and cotton grass plugs. This specialist work involves expert contractors who access the fells generally between September and March. Working in such exposed locations during the autumn and winter months can be very challenging and the conditions often hostile.

Bowland Priority Peat’ is not resting on its laurels with these achievements, however. Efforts continue to improve data and evidence and to secure further funds to carry on this work through the 2020s. Lancashire County Council has recently committed to a new ‘Environment and Climate’ programme, supporting a dedicated Peatland Development Officer for Lancashire to help drive forward this work within the County and also linking up with other peatland initiatives across the UK.

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April 25 2023

Aughton Town Green Primary School – Forest School Site Rejuvenation

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Our Story

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, awareness about climate change and a renewed focus on learning outside and the need to teach children to appreciate nature and its importance, has taken more of a focus here at Aughton Town Green Primary School. We currently have 334 pupils and have cultured a tight-knit community, where everyone knows each other.

We are focused on developing pupils’ resilience, teamwork and social skills through a Forest School approach as well as improving our school’s role in local sustainability and environmental awareness. During 2021/22 a range of pupils across the school had access to Forest School sessions.

In November 2021 we arranged a volunteer day with 14 parents, teachers, and children to help with the work, with a clear focus on creating sustainable spaces, using natural products from the existing environment. There was no monetary cost to this day, yet the outcome were incredible.

It included the use of recycled bark from culled and pruned trees, moving existing rockers to create a natural seating area for stories and forest school activities. Land was cleared and set aside to allow for further planting within the forest, with the use of saplings, hedging and copse donated by the Woodland Trust ensuring a ‘nature friendly’ environment. The relocation of the bug hotel encouraged a range of nature for pupils to observe and explore. Not only did this reduce the amount of materials used and money being space, but also reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

The Challenge

Having had an environment which had become overgrown and needed significant improvements to become a biodiverse environment, was overwhelming. We were looking closely at the specific needs of our pupils post COVID, deciding as part of our School Improvement Plan to implement a forest school approach for our learners. The development of our side was key, as we could not begin to improve these outcomes until it was accessible and useable.

Yearly maintenance of our trees meant that pruning and culling of some trees was necessary, but gave us a good starting point for our project. Our key focus was to ensure that the site remained sustainable, we want to ensure that wherever possible, only natural materials are used and that we recycle as much from the environment as possible.

With limited time and the availability of Woodland Trust trees, we looked to enlist volunteers to focus on two key areas of the site, the are designated for tree planting and a site which had become overgrown and disused. It was not clear how the site could be used but a rockery could be seen beneath the growth.

We couldn’t have done it without our amazing volunteers who were able to make significant changes to the two areas on the day.

Our Solution

With donations of wildflower seeds from the local community, we intend to further develop the wildflower meadow as well as regenerate the pond area to encourage our recent ducklings to return for another season. Wherever possible, grasses and weeds are composted within our composting bins and pupils are encouraged to plant vegetables and fruit within the planters. We aim to be as self-sufficient as possible, with the water butt used to water plants and top up the pond. In addition, when having trees pruned, we keep long sticks for den making and woodcraft.

Following the work undertaken by the volunteers, we have now cleared a significant area where we have 60 saplings to plant onsite that will take in carbon dioxide to mitigate against climate change. The trees will help us to adapt by providing shade, creating new habitats and helping to reduce the risk of flooding.

Through the development of a school ‘Green Team’ we intend to further develop the biodiversity of the site over the coming years and work towards the Green Schools Award. We are also now looking at other grants and funding sources to develop our larger seating areas and continue to work with the local community to improve our area for the future.

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April 25 2023

Advanced Bacterial Sciences: Solutions by nature, for nature

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Our Story

We are a group of individuals including scientists, ecological experts and entrepreneurs that have been at the forefront of climate neutral research, development, and investment for over 20 years. Coming together as Advanced Bacterial Sciences (ABS) involved the magic of the right people coming together at the right time, all willing to build something new and innovative bringing microbiota solutions to waste and water management.

We understood the existential threat from the combined impact of three interlocking crises – climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. By understanding this situation, realising the opportunity, and responding to a gap in the market we were able to develop a range of highly effective products that target and successfully treat very specific problems. These products break down organic waste and absorb inorganic substances with little or no by-products other than water and minimal CO2.

Bacterial solutions have been used for centuries, they are natural, versatile, resilient and can be found everywhere. Water companies rely on bacteria to process tonnes of waste daily. Microbiota are the most prevalent lifeform on our planet and can survive in the most inhospitable of environments. Their sheer number and diversity mean that they are the most ecologically sound, sustainable solution to many of our planetary challenges.

The Challenge

The potential of microbial solutions to change the world is undeniable, making it an extremely exciting space to be in. However, ventures like these come with a number of hurdles. Having a well defined plan and adequate funding from committed investors is a must; in science research is everything, and research needs long term investment to stimulate creativity for continued innovation.

But first it’s important to define who you are and what you’re working towards. Make decisions based on whether they are aligned with your purpose or will bring you closer to achieving your goals. Naturally we need to respond to changes when necessary but it is important to remain focused on these goals and not become distracted by the inevitable noise of launching a business or developing new products.

It’s also crucial to understand the problem that people face and how your product will alleviate that problem. Understanding your customers experience will give you the information you need to develop a truly effective product.

However the most important thing to embrace for long-term success is collaboration. Its importance can so often be underestimated, but pooling together different abilities and knowledge in a highly-skilled field is vital. To complement our team, we are engaging an international network of scientific collaborators so we can continue sharing knowledge and engage with the scientific community.

Our Solution

Our bacterial solutions provide improvements in costs, time, sustainability as well as improving asset lifetime. Our field trials have shown a 78% reduction of FOG levels, which translate to a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions from waste transportation in food establishments.

Another way we measure our success is by measuring the increased life span of assets and reduced maintenance costs, whilst reducing environmental impact of interventions. We eliminate the need for callouts (£500 each) and pipework changes to unblock waterless urinals.

What ABS plans to do is to tap into processes that would occur anyway through the work of bacteria and similar microorganisms, giving us natural alternatives for waste management, in turn reducing our carbon and wider environmental footprint. Driven by a dynamic approach based on a unique fusion of biology, chemistry and engineering, enables rapid growth at the leading edge of scientific knowledge and application, access to profitable markets through next-generation products tailored to specific problems.

Product development is carried out by an in-house interdisciplinary research team, based at the world-leading Centre for Environmental Science at Lancaster University, supported by an international network of scientific collaborators. Advanced, natural science-based approach distinguishes it from the competition. The ABS vision is to become a global influencer in the application of microorganism ecology for pollution remediation, plant, animal, human and environmental health.

ABS is achieving that by focusing on increasing the scientific team to 50 scientists by the end of 2022 and by concentrating in research and continuous improvement of novel bacterial formulations for in situ application based on ecological theory, chemical and engineering innovations that can be adapted to the needs of the customers, supporting a service model that will enable ABS to be a trusted partner and collaborator to all its stakeholders. The Global Market Opportunity for ABS has been assessed at greater than $2 trillion.

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