6 NEWS SUSTAINABILITY
Arup partners with Changing Streams to reduce plastic use
Arup’s is collaborating with environmental pressure group Changing Streams to help drive forward its mission to reduce the use of plastic across the construction industry. The partnership will bring together sustainability experts at Arup’s Liverpool office and Changing Streams’ researchers to identify where sustainable plastic-free alternatives can be used in the construction industry’s supply chain to “help the sector tackle its plastic problem,” commented Arup. The teams will also explore circular economy principles to ensure that existing materials are being repurposed and reused “when plastic use is unavoidable,” thereby reducing the amount of new plastics going into the system.
The construction sector is currently the second largest producer of plastic waste in the UK, after packaging. It is estimated the building trade generates 50,000 tonnes of plastic waste each year, 40 per cent of which is sent to landfill.
Established by building entrepreneur Neal Maxwell, in partnership with The University of Liverpool, Changing Streams aims to reduce the use of plastics in
NEW APPOINTMENT
Marchese Partners recruits later living specialist
One of the architecture industry’s leading specialists in the field of design for older people, Anne-Marie Nicholson, has joined Marchese Partners’s UK office as principal to help grow the firm’s portfolio of later living clients in the UK.
Nicholson will jointly lead the UK studio alongside fellow principal Stewart Dean, and joins the firm from PRP where she established herself as a “leading figure in the design of housing for older people,” said the firm. Nicholson has overseen the delivery of 11,000 housing units, many of
which have been recognised by award bodies including RIBA and Housing Design Awards.
Marchese Partners, an international firm with offices in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and Spain, is “widely recognised for setting and enhancing the standard of later living design across the globe,” said the firm. Nicholson will focus on developing an already diverse client base that includes Riverstone Living, Guild Living, Loveday, Frogmore and Red and Yellow.
buildings and throughout the built environment supply chain. Arup Liverpool will also support Changing Streams’ new workshop programmes, which focus on
“implementing behavioural and educational changes across the sector.” They aim to “help people understand the problems associated with the current and future forecasts of the use of plastic, and recognise
Neal Maxwell
how they can help make a difference.” Neal Maxwell, founder of Changing Streams, said, “Arup shares our vision for creating a better world for future generations, and we are delighted to have them on board. We are already discussing a series of exciting joint research projects which will help catapult Changing Streams into the next phase and hugely accelerate our growth and impact on the industry”.
Anne-Marie Nicholson
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