Circular Economy in Practice, Challenges and Opportunities (a BAS and Cambridge Network event)

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The Circular Economy encourages all businesses, organisations and individuals to look at all their processes and habits to minimise consumption and waste. This free event on 26th February will explore the circular economy from 5 aspects.

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About the event

Economic growth, whilst desirable, tends to be linked to consumption yet our consumption rates cannot continue indefinitely at the expense of the earth’s resources. The Circular Economy encourages all businesses, organisations and individuals to look at all their processes and habits to minimise consumption and waste. This free event on 26th February will explore the circular economy from 5 aspects: materials (not just plastic!), retailing, water, infrastructure and policy.

Today’s linear ‘take, make, dispose’ economic model relies on large quantities of cheap, easily accessible materials and energy, and is a model that is reaching its physical limits. A circular economy is an attractive and viable alternative that businesses have already started exploring today. It preserves and enhances natural capital, optimises resource yields, and minimises system risks by managing finite stocks and renewable flows.

This event, co-organised with Cambridge Network, will bring together thought leaders from industry, academia and the public sector to share best practice, give an honest account of successes and set-backs, and highlight which barriers and knowledge gaps need to be addressed to accelerate progress. Delegates will have the opportunity to investigate if their expertise and interests map onto existing challenges, and are invited to become part of the solution.

Speakers and panellists include Mike Barry, Director of Sustainable Business (Plan A), M&S; Sarah D’Arcy, Lead for Campaign ‘love every drop’, Anglian Water; Richard Boyd, Circular Economy Lead, Arup; Dustin Benton, Policy Director, Green Alliance; and Dr Jonathan Cullen, Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

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British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, CB3 0ET

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