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UK's John Lewis Partnership launches £1 mn fund for circular economy

26 Nov '21
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Pic: David Fowler | Dreamstime.com
Pic: David Fowler | Dreamstime.com

The John Lewis Partnership in association with Hubbub has announced the launch of a £1 million fund to support trail-blazing ideas that accelerate the transition towards a more circular economy. The fund will provide grants between £150,000 and £300,000 for projects that re-think waste, shift consumer mindsets or develop new business models.

The fund seeks new thinking in three areas: textiles, food and household products, technology and services. The grant fund is open to charities, Community Interest Companies, social enterprises, academic bodies and start-ups (under 5 years old). Successful projects will be innovative and truly circular delivering significant impact that creates a long-term legacy. Collaborative applications are encouraged from organisations willing to openly share their approach and findings, John Lewis Partnership said in its press release.

The fund builds on a range of waste and circularity commitments made by the John Lewis Partnership in October 2020. These included ensuring that all John Lewis product categories have a ‘buy back’ or ‘take back’ solution by 2025, developing rental/ resale options and halving food waste both operationally and for customers’ by 2030.

“As part of this commitment, John Lewis launched a new range of mattresses, containing wool provided after shearing by UK sheep farmers supplying Waitrose. Once a highly valued commodity in the UK, wool has been under-utilised for decades. The new mattress range ensures this natural fibre will be put to good use ensuring quality wool is not wasted,” the release added.

The new grant fund follows in the footsteps of a previous Plan Plastic Grant fund delivered by Hubbub on behalf of Waitrose & Partners which also invested monies generated through the plastic bag carrier charge.

Plan Plastic sought innovative ideas to cut plastic pollution. Five winning organisations were selected by an independent panel from a pool of 156 applications. The winners were from diverse organisations covering a range of approaches for tackling plastic pollution. These included new technology to prevent the loss of fishing gear at sea, the world’s first community-led bio recycling plant, exploring how mussel banks could remove marine microplastics, promoting plastic free periods and installing 60 water refill stations at youth hostels.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (RR)

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