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?? Action on food waste presents a huge opportunity to help tackle many of today’s biggest health, economic, social?and environmental challenges. In London, there's an already sizable and diverse community of innovators all working to support the transition to a circular food system - reducing the amount of food wasted and cutting emissions. As part of our UK-SPF funded grant scheme, we supported ten pioneering circular food businesses to scale up their operations and impact, while advancing London’s circular food system. ?? Read the case study here: https://zurl.co/INAj #foodwasteactionweek #circulareconomy #food #zerowasteeconomy #foodwaste #ukspf | Howard Dawber

??? Are you a North London electrical repair business? It's not too late to join the London Repair Voucher scheme and offer 50% (up to ￡50) off the repair of household electrical and electronic items and tech at no cost to your business. Running from April 1 - September 30, this trial is assessing if lowering the cost of repair for citizens helps drive demand for local repair services, as seen in Austria where businesses saw an 80% increase in demand for repair services during a voucher scheme and 54% increase after the scheme ended. What's in it for you? ?? Increased customer demand ?? Guaranteed payment and easy reimbursement ?? Free marketing and exposure ?? No upfront costs and full support ?? A flourishing repair culture in your community Interested? ?? Find out more and register to take part: https://zurl.co/eOXIz #repairvoucher #repairvoucherscheme #repair #circulareconomy #zerowasteconomy North London Waste Authority FixFirst - The OS for Circular Services & Products The Restart Project

?? It's #FoodWasteActionWeek! And we're busy helping London's residents, businesses and local authorities reduce food waste - here's a taster of what we're up to ?? ?? Our citizen-facing campaigns, #EatLikeaLondoner and #LondonRecycles are sharing food waste content - from buying loose, to waste-busting recipes, these tips help Londoners save money and make the most of their food shop. ?? Our business support team continue to accelerate London's food business community on their circular journeys. Recent grants for high street food businesses helped a number of businesses to purchase food waste tracking bins to monitor their in-business waste and use the data to support food waste reduction plans, to name an example. ?? We're working with Islington Council on a six-month circular food community project. In February we opened a new community café and pantry that uses local surplus food to offer pay-what-you-feel lunches and home cooking workshops for residents. Other project activities include providing business food waste workshops, school canteen training, resident cooking and food growing workshops, and more. ?? In partnership with London Councils and Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming, we've developed a food purchasing commitment that empowers local authorities to improve the environmental impacts of the food they serve and reduce the amount wasted, whilst ensuring value for money for their contracts. Interested in learning more about our #circularfood initiatives? Visit this page ?? https://zurl.co/e0wLI #foodwaste #circulareconomy #zerowasteconomy #lowwastefood

?? Last night we co-hosted an event with Sustainable Fashion Meet-up Community bringing together London's circular fashion innovators to celebrate the closing of our ReWear grant programme and its impact in growing London's circular fashion ecosystem. ?? Last November we awarded grants to 10 London-based circular start-ups and early-stage businesses that are pioneering a repair, resale and/or rental solution for textiles that helps reduce the need for making new clothes. ?? Throughout the programme, our business support team were on hand to help grow and expand the businesses and amplify their impact as circular innovators. Since November 2024, our grantees have: ?? Extended the life of 3,500+ items of clothing ?? Reported an increased visibility of their business with 200+ new customers/bookings ?? Formed 22 new business partnerships ?? Created and/or safeguarded more than 10 jobs All that in just 4 months! It was brilliant to all convene last night to hear about the impact the grantees have had, and connect with wider members of London's circular fashion community. We'd like to thank our grantees for joining us for the event and sharing their successes with us: The Seam, Vamp Sneaker Cleaning, SOJO, Verte, Give Your Best, Tern Eco, Known Source, Continue , KIRAA and Bundlee. These grants were made possible thanks to funding from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and supported by the Mayor of London. #circulareconomy #circularfashion #fashion #textiles #reuse #repair #resale #rent #rewear #UKSPF | Howard Dawber

?? Handy webinar from The Felix Project for businesses handling food ?? ?? Food Waste Matters: Get Ready For The New Food Waste Recycling Rules ?? Wednesday 19 March | 10:30am - 12:00pm ?? Register here ?? https://lnkd.in/eGmMSbfq #foodwaste #simplerrecycling #foodredistribution #food #foodbusiness

??? Did you join our Repair Week webinar yesterday? Catch up with our discussion on 'The power of repair' - find the recording here: https://lnkd.in/e9uvpMiU Interested in joining more Repair Week events? We've got loads of workshops and drop in sessions happening today and this weekend across London. ?? View the full programme: https://lnkd.in/dm8WkhpK Attended an event? ?? Complete our Repair Week event survey to be in with a chance to win ￡200 of repair vouchers: https://lnkd.in/ebMnF4mW #repairweekldn #repairweek #repair #circulareconomy #zerowasteeconomy

We know that cost is is one of the biggest barriers to repair - that's why we're so excited to announce a new Repair Voucher trial in collaboration with The Restart Project, Fix First and North London Waste Authority?? From 1st April - 30th September, North London residents can register for a voucher which will grant 50% off (up to ￡50) the cost of household electrical and electronic repair services at participating high street businesses. The trial will assess whether reducing the cost of repair helps Londoners access repair services and builds demand for local businesses over the long-term. The results will be used to inform future project delivery and policy design. ??Are you a North London resident? Learn more and apply for your repair voucher here: https://zurl.co/3uN1j #repair #repairweek #repairweekldn #electronicrepair #electricalrepair #repairvouchers

??? Last chance to register for our webinar! Join us at 2pm today for a lively discussion on the power of repair. ?? Register here: https://lnkd.in/er26-diz

? Less than 24 hours to go until our Repair Week webinar! Join us online as we explore the powerful role of repair in helping people save money, gain skills, strengthen community ties and ultimately reduce consumption and waste. Our head of communications and behaviour change, Ali Moore, will chair a lively discussion on what's needed to grow the repair movement. Speakers include: ?? Emily Anders - marketing and brand partnerships lead at SOJO ?? Sean Bookless - senior campaigns and behaviour change manager at Recycle for Greater Manchester ??? Fiona Dear - co-director at The Restart Project ?? Register to join us here: https://zurl.co/Wyl9J ?? View more Repair Week 2025 events here: https://zurl.co/hi1ys #repairweekldn #repairweek #repair #circulareconomy #zerowasteeconomy #circularity

???This Repair Week we're encouraging Londoners to gain repair skills and/or get their stuff fixed to help them keep their favourite items in use for longer to save money and reduce waste. ?? Currently in London nearly 50% of electricals and electronics sent for recycling are in fact reusable and roughly 10% more only need minor repairs. So what's driving Londoners to recycle or throw away their tech instead of repairing and reusing their devices? ?? A report from the ReCare project explores how Londoners approach repair for their small household electrical and electronic devices via a London-wide survey. The report presents the survey findings and insights to help inform future policies and programmes that reduce e-waste and improve reuse and repair for electricals and electronics. Have a read here ?? https://lnkd.in/e95CyZuS #RepairWeekLDN #repair #circulareconomy #zerowasteeconomy #ewaste #WEEE #reuse #electricals #electronics