We spend 80-90% of our time indoors and the fit-out and interiors industry plays a vital role in creating the office spaces, leisure and retail buildings and other spaces that we all rely on. However the industry can be very wasteful and the rapid pace and turnover in interiors presents particular challenges in reducing waste and carbon footprint.
A white paper published by Milliken and Reusefully earlier this year showed how some organisations are addressing carbon reduction and circularity, and starting to get to grips with reducing carbon and improving resource efficiency.
In a perfect world, reuse would be synonymous with fit-out, and reuse would be the first choice for all product selection with spaces being designed to ensure products are reused over and over again.
We are still a long way from this, but it is doable, and we are moving in the right direction with more and more examples of good practice and increased drivers.
This session for Circular Economy Week 2025 will explore what we need to do to scale this and make reuse the first choice in all fit-out projects. It will show how there are some quick wins that can be identified that with some pre-planning and collaboration can bring dividends for landlords, tenants and the supply chain.
We will also be introducing our new service for circular fit-outs, working in collaboration with Lumybel and Blackstone Strip Out.
