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Report – Influencing recycling within holiday rentals

7 February 2022

Of the 3.56 million properties in London, there are approximately 70,000 being offered for short-term let, and annually,...

Report – London’s food footprint: An analysis of material flows, consumption-based emissions, and levers for climate action

3 November 2021

Cities play an influential role in achieving a sustainable future, with London’s consumption-based emissions, embedded...

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Report – Circular cities in action: Driving progress through policy

16 September 2021

Cities are the engine room of the circular economy, where government, business and citizens co-exist at a scale to enable...

Report – International recycling rate comparison

The lack of consistency of data across Europe and the rest of the world is considered a barrier to accurately comparing waste...

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Towards a circular economy

In 2016 the Mayor of London asked ReLondon (then LWARB) to develop a circular economy route map to 2036. This report, ‘Towards...

Report – Reducing single-use plastic consumption

In London, plastic makes up approximately 9% of the household waste stream with plastic packaging accounting for nearly 70%...

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Report – Waste management planning advice for new flatted properties

This report provides guidance for local authorities on how to effectively plan and design storage and collection systems...

Report – Fashion that doesn’t cost the earth

Fashion that doesn’t cost the earth is the fruition of the Circular Fashion Fast Forward project, a collaboration between...

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Report – Motivating young Londoners to recycle

Young people aged 18-34 have emerged as the least effective recyclers in London. Previous research has identified three...

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Report – Tackling contamination: Improving the quality of household recycling in London

4 December 2020

ReLondon ran a variety of projects with individual London local authorities looking at how to improve the quality of recycling...

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