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🌟 Looking for a dose of food system transformation inspiration? 🍏 Meet 10 exciting London-based food businesses who are working to eliminate food loss and waste, create value from food waste, and improve access to locally grown food.  🎤 Introducing: Angry Monk, The Ferm, Growing Communities, LEAP Micro AD, Lifeafterhummus Community Benefit Society, Limetrack, nibs etc. Ltd, SAGES, Silo London, Sitopia Farm As part of our UKSPF-funded grant scheme, we've supported these businesses to scale up their operations and impact, while advancing London’s circular food system. It's inspiring to see how they're creating value for society — beyond the food itself, and also in terms of community benefits. Read more about the business innovators below ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eTAnNVmd #circulareconomy #foodsystem #foodwaste #food

📣 Calling all repairers! Don't miss the chance to showcase the brilliant work you're doing during Repair Week 2025. Since 2020, our #LondonRecycles campaign has brought together a wide range of businesses, non-profits and individuals for a week of in person and online events, a digital campaign and press activity. The aim? To give Londoners practical skills and encourage greater use of existing repair services. We're looking for partners and supporters to help us share knowledge, develop skills, host events and raise the profile of reuse and repair in London. Interested? 👉 Download our Repair Week 2025 partner pack here: https://zurl.co/ARQrL 📧 Get in touch at hello@londonrecycles.co.uk #repair #repairweekldn #repairweek #circulareconomy #zerowasteeconomy #circularity

Brace yourself for yet another shocking waste headline - Brits are set to chuck away £1.2bn worth of unwanted Christmas gifts this January, according to Depop research. 😲 Just as we thought the wasteful season was coming to end! #Depop found that the leading reason why people chuck their presents away is because they don't suit their taste. We get it - not everyone is thrilled by a pair of novelty socks, but there are much better, planet-friendly ways to get rid of that unwanted gift. 📱 Sell it! There are so many resale platforms now available, where anyone can sell anything from a beanbag to a beanie. Don't have the time to list and post individual items? Check out our circular community member Thrift+ - send them your unwanted clothes in a pre-paid bag and they'll sort the rest for you. 🔄 Swap it! We're huge advocates for swaps. Clothes swaps, toy swaps, book swaps - you name it, we'll swap it! Our sustainable fashion campaign #LoveNotLandfill is hosting a clothes swap with LOANHOOD on 25th January in Southwark. Come join us and swap your unwanted clothes for new pieces you'll love. Get full details here: https://zurl.co/1hPsz 🎁 Regift it! We've seen a shift in attitudes in regifting - no longer seen as a offensive, but rather the sensible choice to reduce waste and pass on stuff to people who will love and cherish it. It just makes sense! #sustainablefashion #lowwaste #lowwastechristmas #christmaswaste #clothesswap #circulareconomy #zerowasteeconomy

📃 Quick survey for London repair businesses – win an IKEA voucher! Are you London-based repair business or do you have any in your network? We want to hear from London's repairers to help inform a study on a potential repair voucher scheme. 🛠️🧵 Similar schemes in cities like Vienna and Amsterdam have helped to boost repair rates and increased demand for local services - we'd love to see the same happen in London! To help us better understand how a voucher scheme could work in London, please share the survey linked below with London-based businesses that are repairing anything from kettles to bikes, trousers to laptops and more. By completing the survey, respondents have the chance to win a £50 or £25 IKEA Voucher, courtesy of London Councils' One World Living Programme. 🔗 Take the survey here: https://lnkd.in/erDj2gQS #repair #london #repairvoucher #zerowasteeconomy #circulareconomy

With the year drawing to a close, we're taking a look back at 2024 and sharing some of our favourite reads and watches to keep you busy over the festive period. Check out our top circular content roundup from this year 👇 📚 Looking to better understand the environmental impact of London’s packaging use? Our report 'London's packaging footprint' analyses the capital's packaging flows, its associated emissions and the levers to drive a circular economy for packaging: https://zurl.co/jcg9B ♻️ Wanting some circular partnerships inspiration? Check out our case study spotlighting some successful examples of public/private sector circular collaborations: https://zurl.co/vvyIN 💻 Interested in exploring how circularity benefits the economy? Watch our webinar hosted during London Climate Action Week: https://zurl.co/mpSMc 📰 Curious what's happening in the circular textiles world? Get up to speed with our work making London a global hub for sustainable fashion: https://zurl.co/RqvSe 🛒 Wondering how to broach the tricky topic of consumption? Catch up on our webinar discussing people’s relationship with consumption and sustainability: https://zurl.co/2xoNK 🍏 Getting ready for the incoming Simpler Recycling rules? Read about the opportunities for local authorities through offering a commercial food waste recycling service: https://zurl.co/883C0 👉 Want more? You can find all of our resources at this page: https://zurl.co/0im6l #circulareconomy #zerowasteeconomy #zerowaste #circulartextiles #foodwaste #simplerrecycling #circularpackaging #packaging #circularjobs #circularskills #behaviourchange #circularity

This holiday season, don't forget real Christmas trees can be recycled! Most councils in London will either collect your tree as part of your usual bin collection, or set up drop-off points. The trees will either be recycled and shredded into chippings, or composted, for use in local parks and green spaces. Check your local council's website for details on collection services and visit #LondonRecycles website for advice and handy tips on #festive#sustainability https://zurl.co/EjG5 #christmastree #recycling

📺 Did you see us on the telly? 👀 We were thrilled to chat with Sally Williams at ITV News London to support their Christmas waste package. Our head of communications and behaviour change, Ali Moore, spoke to Sally about the huge amount of stuff we chuck away each year, and how more and more Londoners are seeking out more sustainable ways of celebrating to save money and reduce waste. We also introduced Tree Brothers (@treebrothers.ltd - Instagram) from our circular business community ♻️ Their CEO, Hugo Knox, highlighted the number of Christmas trees that binned after Christmas, and how they're helping to put them to good use through reuse and recycling. Check out the clip to learn more 👇 🎁 Are you dreaming of a low waste Christmas? 👉 Follow our London Recycles campaign on Instagram at @londonrecyclesuk 👉 Visit our Waste less this Christmas webpage for top tips: https://lnkd.in/eAYBWMFV #lowwastechristmas #christmaswaste #circulareconomy #lowwaste #zerowasteeconomy

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the mince pies, roast potatoes, Christmas pudding and of course... sprouts! But all that food comes at a cost, and a LOT ends up going to waste. The average UK household spends an extra £100 on food at Christmas, of which at least £16 ends up in the bin! This amounts to a total of £444 million worth of food waste over the festive period. https://zurl.co/MAth1 To help Londoners reduce food waste and save money this festive season, we're sharing our top tips via our #LondonRecycles and #EatLikeaLondoner campaigns. Check out our guide to low waste Christmas food below 👇 🎄 For more low waste tips, check out our 'Waste less this Christmas' page on the London Recycles site: https://zurl.co/2j6w7 😋 And find lots of tasty ways to reinvent Christmas leftovers on the Eat Like a Londoner site: https://zurl.co/yDzwH #christmas #christmaswaste #sustainablechristmas #wastereduction #zerowasteeconomy #circulareconomy #circularity #foodwaste

Welcome to the December '24 edition of 'ReLondon Roundup' - our newsletter bringing you the latest #circulareconomy updates and opportunities from London. In this edition: 🥙 Read how we supported 10 London food business innovators in reducing food waste. 🛠️ Discover how you can get involved in our biggest Repair Week yet. 👗 Work with us to unlock the potential of post-consumer textiles. 📣 Read the full announcement on the appointment of Mete Coban MBE as Chair of our board. Happy reading! #circularity #circularnews #sustainabilitynews #linkedinnewsletter

We're delighted to announce the appointment of Mete Coban MBE, London’s Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy as Chair of ReLondon's Board. Mete was previously a Councillor and Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Environment, and Transport in the London Borough of Hackney. As Chair, Mete will oversee the strategic direction and governance of ReLondon and our work. His key priorities will include fostering an effective partnership between the Mayor of London, ReLondon and the London boroughs to achieve our shared goals of reducing waste, increasing recycling and putting in place the policies, programmes and infrastructure that are required to transition the capital to a circular economy that benefits all Londoners. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eiujQ4vi #circulareconomy