CCC Waste Ltd

City Centre Containers Ltd (CCC Waste) is a market leader in total waste management solutions, aggregate supply, skips and environmental reporting in Liverpool and the North West.

CCC Waste is a family run business established in 1986, developed from many years of partnerships across Liverpool. CCC Waste, along with LJMU academics, developed a novel Ecobrick block from waste material that doesn’t require cement or any furnace. CCC Waste sought assistance from Eco-I NW to undertake market analysis/potential for the proposed technology, to enable the company to fulfil the requirements for the smart grant application.

Collaborative research was undertaken to determine the market analysis/potential of the developed novel Eco-brick/block. Eco-I NW, alongside academics, produced a report containing a market analysis calculation to be used as partial requirement for the grant application. Data analysis and calculations enabled the company to satisfy the requirements for the smart grant application.

As a result, CCC Waste made a successful application to Innovate UK and were awarded £150k to upscale a novel technology into a circular-economy business model, making CCC Waste the first company to offer such technology with a unique new brick. This technology is 55% cheaper and reduces CO2 emissions by about 45%. This collaboration will also open lots of avenues in the future, in construction materials research and product development.