Building designers have demanded tax incentives to specify reclaimed materials on projects.
The Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) submitted policy recommendations to the Circular Economy Taskforce.
This 18-strong panel is due to report to government later this year with a strategy mapping out the interventions required to make the economy more resource-efficient.
ACAN has more than 180 signatories to its circular economy policy campaign, which makes a series of demands including financial rewards for using secondary materials in construction.
The group also wants to see changes to building regulations, more focus on circularity in public procurement and a UK-wide reuse network.
“We firmly believe that embedding circularity in construction is crucial for reducing carbon emissions and our overall climate impact,” said ACAN.
“While existing planning regulations have been a valuable step, we urgently need clear, ambitious local and national regulations to accelerate this transition.”
The Circular Economy Taskforce includes Chartered Institution of Wastes Management vice-president David Greenfield, Suez chief technical development and innovation officer Stuart Hayward-Higham and Keith James, head of policy and insights at the Waste and Resources Action Programme.
