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Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy
‘Fabrications’ is an independent gallery, shop and studio dedicated to
all aspects of contemporary textiles and design, with a particular interest
in recycled materials and sustainable design. Fabrications sells a range
of recycled content products including, in response to recent legislation,
soft furnishings made from tyres.
London alone produces approximately one tonne of redundant fire
hose every two months. Environmental supplier Bio-Supplies is currently
developing a range of furniture made from redundant fire hose no longer
used by the London Fire Brigade. The range includes chairs and furniture
frames for beds and sofas. The innovative range of furniture is being
targeted at businesses wanting to enhance their environmental credentials
and 50 per cent of the profits will be donated to the Fire Brigade and
other related charities.
Source: London Remade
Case study 51 - Recycled content product comes out on top
The Hispaniola is a restaurant ship permanently moored at the
Embankment in London. After refurbishing the interior and exterior
of the ship they wanted to upgrade the existing access walkway with
a contemporary design to compliment the high quality of finishes in the
restaurant. The selected product needed to be able to cope with changes
in level and differential movement between the different substrates and
be hard wearing but low in maintenance. Following detailed comparison
analysis a recycled glass product was selected. The recycled glass product
was fit for purpose but had the advantage of coming in a range of
striking colours and the lightweight material also allowed savings to
be made in the steel substrate sections.
Source: The Waste and Resources Action Programme
5.28 Whilst niche recycled content products are an essential part of London’s
sustainable economy, London’s greatest opportunity to influence recycling
markets comes from boardroom level decisions to use recycled materials
on a mass scale. In such cases, and in order to mainstream them, it may
be preferable not to promote their recycled content in order to be
accepted by consumers.
5.29 In recent years, work has been undertaken, for example by WRAP
and London Remade, to reduce the perception that products containing
recycled content are inferior to products made with virgin materials.
As a result of improved material collection and sorting processes,
a number of fit for purpose, cost competitive recycled content products
are now on the market. For example, various mainstream products