The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) has launched a route map to ‘accelerate’ London’s transition to becoming a circular city including boosting reuse and remanufacturing.
LWARB board member, councillor Bassam Mahfouz, introduced the document on Monday (19 June) at the Building Centre, outlining more than 100 practical actions that stakeholders across the capital can take to make themselves the city ‘more resilient’.
LWARB has launched a route map to ‘accelerate’ London’s transition to becoming a ‘circular’ city
According to LWARB, a more flexible and sustainable approach to products, housing, office space and critical infrastructure is ‘crucial’ to London’s ability to adapt to a growing population, which it said is predicted to reach over 11 million by 2050.
Benefits
LWARB states that by 2036 the ‘circular economy’ could provide London with net benefits of at least £7bn every year in the sectors of built environment, food, textiles, electricals and plastics, as well as 12,000 net new jobs in the areas of re-use, remanufacturing and materials innovation.
The route map recommends actions for a wide range of stakeholders, including London’s higher education, digital and communities sectors as well as London’s businesses, social enterprises and its financial sector.
LWARB has also announced a new circular economy collaboration hub. The hub will “bring together circular economy innovators from the public, private and third sector to help them develop new opportunities in London”
‘Milestone’
“London could receive a net benefit of up to £7bn a year by 2036 if we accelerate our transition, £2.8bn of which can be achieved by delivering the actions in this document.”
Dr Liz Goodwin
LWARB
Dr Liz Goodwin OBE, chair of LWARB, said: “The size of the circular economy prize for London is huge. Cities are the engine room of the circular economy. London could receive a net benefit of up to £7bn a year by 2036 if we accelerate our transition, £2.8bn of which can be achieved by delivering the actions in this document.
“This route map is a major milestone and I would encourage all organisations in London to think about how they can benefit from a transition to a circular economy.”
Councillor Mahfouz, encouraged others to get involved: “Whatever sector you work in, this circular economy route map represents a huge opportunity.
“So many organisations – public or private – can use the principles in this route map to work out how to make circular economy work for them; and LWARB’s new collaboration hub will bring all sorts of organisations together, providing a space for dialogue and partnership and helping us achieve shared success right across the capital.”
LWARB is a partnership between the Mayor of London and London’s boroughs, and has a remit to improve waste management in the capital. In April the board launched its three-year support programme – Advance London – to help London’s small and medium-sized businesses adopt ‘circular economy’ business models. (see letsrecycle.com story)
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