Manufacturers in West Yorkshire are invited to take part in research to help reduce their environmental impact and reuse material waste.
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority and The Yorkshire Circular Lab are collaborating on a project to explore eays manufacturers can work together to give new purpose to their waste materials instead of throwing them away. This process is called industrial symbiosis.
Manufacturing is one of the biggest industrial sectors in West Yorkshire, but it also produces a lot of waste that harms the environment. Industrial symbiosis allows manufacturers to find new ways to use this waste rather than disposing it in landfill or incinerating it.
The research project aims to understand the main sources of waste in the region and find other industries that can directly use or repurpose these materials in their own production processes.
This research project supports West Yorkshire’s goal of becoming net zero by 2038 and helps manufacturers in the region move away from the traditional linear approach of taking, making and disposing, towards a more sustainable circular economy.
If your manufacturing business in West Yorkshire wants to participate in this study to assess the potential reuse of your waste materials, please contact isaac.lassey@westyorks-ca.gov.uk.
