<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/129207AC-761F-4FAF-8B49-6B2CC7C939B4" ns1:id="129207AC-761F-4FAF-8B49-6B2CC7C939B4"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/F1F1011C-258C-4189-8B7B-382E6B168C04" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/1DFAD66C-CB04-4BDA-B8B8-59C039788F93" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/1DFAD66C-CB04-4BDA-B8B8-59C039788F93" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2025-02-28T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/A009E17A-EE70-4E19-B055-944384E005E0" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2024-11-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10134659</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>De Montfort University and Generation Phoenix Limited (AKT3) 2024</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Knowledge Transfer Partnership</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>This project, a collaboration between Generation Phoenix and De Montfort University, aims to transform post-consumer fashion leather waste into high-quality materials through advanced fibre characterisation and processing techniques. By recycling post-consumer leather, the initiative reduces landfill impact, promotes fashion circularity, and meets market demand for sustainable circular fashion materials.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>