I-Arup Liverpool yenza isivumelwano sentsebenziswano kunye noTshintsho lweMilambo ukukhawulezisa ikamva elingenaplastiki

Changing Streams has partnered with Arup’s Liverpool office to help drive forward its mission to reduce the use of plastic across the construction industry.

The partnership will bring together Arup’s sustainability experts and Changing Stream’s 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. The teams will also explore circular economy principles to ensure that existing materials are being repurposed and reused when plastic use is unavoidable, reducing the amount of new plastics going into the system.

The icandelo lokwakha ngumvelisi wesibini ngobukhulu benkunkuma yeplastiki e-UK, emva kokupakishwa. Kuqikelelwa ukuba urhwebo lwezakhiwo luvelisa iitoni ezingama-50,000 zenkunkuma yeplastiki ngonyaka, i-40% yazo ithunyelwa kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma.

Isekwe ngokwakha usomashishini uNeal Maxwell, ngentsebenziswano neYunivesithi yaseLiverpool, Ukutshintsha imijelo kujolise ekunciphiseni ukusetyenziswa kweeplastiki in izakhiwo kwaye kulo lonke indawo eyakhelweyo itsheyini yonikezo.

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”.

I-Arup Liverpool iya kuxhasa iinkqubo zocweyo ezitsha ze-Changing Streams, ezigxile ekuphumezeni iinguqu zokuziphatha nezemfundo kulo lonke icandelo. Bajonge ukunceda abantu baqonde iingxaki ezinxulumene noqikelelo lwangoku kunye nekamva lokusetyenziswa kweplastiki, kwaye baqonde indlela abanokunceda ngayo ukwenza umahluko.

UGarry Banks, iNkokeli yeOfisi ye-Arup yeLiverpool, uthe: “Ukutshintsha imijelo linyathelo elibaluleke kakhulu phakathi icandelo lokwakha apho ukusetyenziswa kweplastiki kufakwe kwiinkqubo zokwakha kunye neemveliso iminyaka emininzi. Uphando oluthe kratya luyafuneka ukuchonga iindlela ezingezizo ezeplastiki kunye nokufumana iindlela zokunciphisa ukusetyenziswa apho iplastiki ingenako ukupheliswa. Siyathemba ukuba ngokusebenzisana neqela leChanging Streams, singancedisa ukuxhasa olu phando.”

UArup usebenza nemibutho equka iEllen MacArthur Foundation, iC40 Cities Climate Leadership Group kunye neWorld Business Council for Uphuhliso oluphathekayo ukwenza izinto ezintsha kunye nokukhawulezisa iindlela ezintsha kunye neemodeli zoshishino ukunceda ihlabathi decarbonise. Le femu ikwasebenzisana ne-The Resilience Shift kunye neGlobal Resilient Cities Network ukwandisa ukomelela kwezixeko kunye noluntu ekwandiseni izothuso kunye noxinzelelo olubangelwa kukutshintsha kwemozulu, kubandakanya imbalela, ukunqongophala kwamanzi kunye nokuphazamiseka kokutya. 

Ukutshintsha imijelo unqwenela ukunxulumana neenkampani kunye nabantu abanomdla wokuzisa iinguqu ezilungileyo ukwenza ihlabathi libe nempilo. Iwebhusayithi ibonelela ngolwazi malunga nokuba nabani na anokuba negalelo ngokuba lilungu okanye ngokwenza umnikelo ukuqinisa uphando olunokulwenza.

Iposi I-Arup Liverpool yenza isivumelwano sentsebenziswano kunye noTshintsho lweMilambo ukukhawulezisa ikamva elingenaplastiki wabonakala kuqala Ukutshintsha imijelo.