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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...

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

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

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Report – London learnings: how waste services responded to the COVID-19 pandemic

How did London local authorities respond to the spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown when it comes to waste and recycling services?...

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Report – Adapting commercial waste services to COVID-19

Two reports are available to download; one published in summer 2020 focusing on the initial impact of the pandemic on commercial...

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Report – Recycling in London’s HMOs

This report from ReLondon summarises the findings of an ethnographic research project looking into recycling in London’s...

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Report – Making recycling work for people in flats

The Making recycling work for people in flats research project included an in-depth ethnographic study with residents in...

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Report – Making recycling work for people in flats: evaluation

This report evaluates the the Making recycling work for people in flats research project using Qualitative Comparative Analysis...

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Research – Making recycling work for people in flats

This report, Recycling in real life, shares the findings of an in-depth ethnographic research study with residents of purpose-built...

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