Avoid Packaging Waste in Construction
The Alliance for Sustainable Buildngs' project "ZAP - Zero Avoidable Packaging waste in construction" has been revealed as one of three winners of the Ecosurety Exploration Fund.
ASBP’s project, titled “ZAP – Zero Avoidable Packaging waste in construction” is one of three UK-based innovation and research projects offering solutions to the reuse and recycling sectors. The project has been awarded a total of £334,000 by the second round of the Ecosurety Exploration Fund, helping to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
Offering a total of £1million since its launch in 2019, the second and final round of the Ecosurety Exploration Fund kicked off with a call for entries in June 2021. It is the only such funding opportunity to be provided by a UK compliance scheme and builds on Ecosurety’s established experience in supporting innovative projects and new technologies across the waste and recycling sector.
The ZAP project will research and develop scalable solutions to help combat the prevalence of avoidable packaging waste in construction, much of which is not recycled. Working with project partners, Cullinan Studio, Bankside Open Spaces Trust, Mace and Morgan Sindall, the funded project will link with real-world construction projects to build case studies and offer training and guidance that will demonstrate the positive actions the whole supply chain and sector can do, helping many organisations reach zero avoidable waste.