London Borough of Merton, GB undertakes trial of commercial waste solutions on Morden's high street

London Borough of Merton, GB Commercial Waste Solution Trial

Planning

Local officials and University College London researchers are conducting the pilot through June 2023. The program experiments with coordinated waste reduction and material reuse among high-street shops. These methods could replace complicated and wasteful disposal processes if successful. Morden was selected due to the similarity of its business community to neighboring towns. Merton received funding through the Net Zero Innovation Programme for new solutions to local sustainability challenges.

Waste Management Recycling Pilot / POC

London Borough of Merton, GB

London borough in England

United Kingdom

Links

Net Zero Innovation Programme | Local Government Association

The Net Zero Innovation Programme develops partnerships of researchers and climate change officers from councils across all English regions and supports them in tackling the climate emergency.

Newsworthy

Merton success in Net Zero Innovation Programme Bid | Merton Council Newsroom

We are one of 12 Local Authorities across the country to secure funding from the Net Zero Innovation Programme (NZIP). Working with University College London (UCL) and The Wheel, funding will be used to establish a pilot project investigating how small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) on our highstreets can aggregate and reduce waste and…

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