Matthew Morris
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Matthew Morris
@matthew-morris.bsky.social
Architectural Technologist MCIAT · Circular Economy Built Environment Specialist · Author of the ACAN Circular Economy Design Guide · Committee Member, Drafting Standards at BSI B/558/1 · Low Carbon Manager at Galliford Try
Absolutely! We can see this trend in other areas too. In this instance the built environment and construction sector in the UK.

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When Site Waste Management Plans were scrapped in 2013, waste went up — not down.

📊 DEFRA data shows construction & demolition waste rose nearly 20% in just four years.

#CircularEconomy #WastePrevention #NetZero ##CircularEconomyTaskforce
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is classic stop–start politics weaponising the net zero agenda. What industry needs isn’t last-minute concessions, but long-term certainty and policy stability.
December 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
6/6 Aggregation is where circularity becomes investable. Bristol City Leap proves it 30k buildings as one system, not 30k projects.
Bundle retrofit + heat + reuse + nature → pilots become pipelines,
and circularity becomes asset protection, not an experiment.

#GreenFinance #FutureOfInfrastructure
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
5/6 Stability is undervalued but it’s the real unlock.

Stop-start funding undermines supply chains, slows adoption and erodes confidence.

A cross-party approach linking retrofit → reuse → grid decarbonisation would give investors and the public clarity.

#Infrastructure #ClimateFinance
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
4/6 Net zero, nature and circularity aren’t separate missions, they are one ecosystem.

Policy must reflect this as a single economic + risk framework rather than parallel strategies competing for attention.

Integration isn’t optional it’s foundational.

#SystemsThinking #Circularity
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
3/6 National policy still feels fragmented and fragmentation slows delivery.

Energy, housing, circularity and nature are still treated as separate priorities.

We can’t transform a system by managing it in pieces.

#Policy #NetZero
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
2/6 Devolution is one of the strongest enablers we have.

Where regions control budgets, they can align housing, energy and social outcomes into coherent, place-based programmes.

Manchesters devolution deal shows the model others are now tracking.

#Devolution #PlaceBased
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM