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Insight note – Space to go ’round’: the case for more circular industrial processes in cities

10 February 2025

As London's industrial spaces become smaller and more expensive, this insight note outlines ways to overcome the space constraints...

Article – Why we need a London Circular Construction Coalition

At the launch of New London Architecture’s (NLA) new report, Circular London: building a renewable city, we heard...

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

27 January 2023

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

5 December 2022

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

7 November 2022

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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