Accord has announced plans to become the first in the UK
to build virtually plastic free houses in attempts to reduce the amount of the
material used during construction. Currently, the building sector is
responsible for more than 60% of resource use in Europe, with more than 30-50%
of material use taking place in the housing construction sector. Plastic is
usually non-biodegradable and therefore can remain as waste in the environment
for a very long time – it may pose risks to people’s health, as well as the
environment, and it can be difficult to reuse and/or recycle. Read more on
24housing.
How Europe’s housing crisis is fuelling a new movement
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As soaring rents and house prices across Europe feed into the political
discourse, campaigners believe they have a rare opportunity to force
housing to ...
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