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The Circular Economy: how the built environment can make it a growth economy - curated by the Edge
The concept of a ‘ circular economy’ is not new. The formation of a Circular Economy Taskforce by the then Secretary of State at Defra provided the impetus to explore how to put this into practice across the built and natural environment and the government has plans to publish its Circular Economy Growth Plan early in 2026, where the built environment should feature as one of the key sectors.
This session at Futurebuild provides an opportunity for our sector to demonstrate how we can contribute to a growth economy based on circularity principles.
Chair: David Greenfield, President of the Chartered Institution of Waste Management (CIWM), Managing Director, SOENECS and member, Circular Economy Taskforce.
How can we accelerate action to gain the benefits of a circular economy in the absence of legislation which will take time to put in place. How can the sector respond and deliver?:
Libby Peake, Taskforce member and Senior Fellow and Head of Resource Policy, the Green Alliance
Dr Katherine Adams, Co-Chair Green Construction Board Resources, Waste and Circularity Group and Co-Founder, Resourcefully
Jason Millett, Group Chief Executive, Mace Group
Yetunde Abdul, Director of Industry Transformation, UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)
Eoin Bailey, UK Innovation Manager and Circular Economy Lead, 7-Steel
Curated by the Edge
