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City of London and Westminster City Council pave the way for circular innovation in construction

London’s construction industry is a significant contributor to consumption-based emissions in London, while ‘green’...

Case study – Fallen & Felled: Reclaiming felled trees for use as high-quality timber

Snapshot Fallen & Felled is a London-based timber company that repurposes fallen urban trees into hardwood timber and...

Case study – Channel Projects: Ironing out plans for structural steel reuse

Snapshot Channel Projects, an architecture studio, sought to develop a solution that would encourage steel reuse in the construction...

Podcast – The circular economy playbook, episode 15: Sustaining steel reuse with Roy Fishwick

In this episode Ali and Andrea speak to Roy Fishwick, managing director of Cleveland Steel & Tubes Ltd. Having worked...

Case study – Dartford Composites: Recycling acetone for reuse in the rail industry

Snapshot Dartford Composites produces a variety of glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) parts for the rail industry that form products...

Case study – Qflow: Surviving COVID-19 to build back even better

Snapshot Qflow, an SME reducing material waste and carbon emissions in the built environment, was hit hard by the shutdown...

Guide – Sourcing reclaimed construction materials

As part of the CIRCuIT project, ReLondon has worked with a range of partners to explore how to incorporate more reclaimed...

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Case study – ‘Circular Construction In Regenerative Cities’ (CIRCuIT) project

ReLondon is part of a consortium of 31 organisations across four cities (London, Copenhagen, Hamburg and the Helsinki region)...

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Consultation response – Planning for the future (October 2020)

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Planning for the future consultation proposes reforms of the...

Podcast – The circular economy playbook, episode 3: Circular economy and the built environment

One of the challenges facing London and many other major cities is how to provide the housing, business premises and infrastructure...

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