The WasteZone

The University of Brighton is hosting three days of talks, debates and exhibitions geared at finding solutions to the worldwide problem of waste.

The WasteZone project will take place as part of the Sustainability Showcase at ecobuild, the UK’s largest event for specifiers across the built environment (06-08 March 2018, ExCel London).

Innovations in design

Curated by Duncan Baker Brown, winner of our 2014 P.E.A. Award for Education, and Nick Gant of the University of Brighton’s School of Architecture and Design, the WasteZone will provide a platform to discuss some of the most innovative design solutions to the huge task of cleaning up our waste.

High-profile speakers taking to the stage include:

• Duncan Baker Brown: creator of The Waste House 2014 (main image)
• David Benjamin: recently highlighted by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of ‘25 inventors, entrepreneurs and disrupters who are changing the world’
• Professor Walter Stahel: renowned pioneer of the circular economy concept

The plastics problem

Plastic and other toxic materials are now plaguing the Earth after hundreds of years of inventing, using and throwing away materials with no end-of-life strategy.

Following the recent strides made by the likes of David Attenborough, A Plastic Planet and Greenpeace in bringing widespread awareness to this fundamental issue, the University of Brighton’s ‘Responsible Futures’ agenda aims to improve environments and create knowledge and interventions that change political, legal and business cultures.

With a particular emphasis on the property and construction industry, The WasteZone at ecobuild will explore how we can move away from a ‘take, make, use and throw away’ culture, towards a more intelligent, circular system where materials are recycled and re-used.

Over 30 experts from the fields of architecture, design and resource management – as well as forward-thinking suppliers, up-cyclers and material bankers – will join the debate.