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Midtown BID joined the campaign to make sure our city remains the best place in the world, and one that chooses sustainable sources over plastic. Future London is a two-year campaign launched in 2018, that focusses on tackling five issues:

• Clean Air Project: practical steps to turn our city ‘green’
• Health Project: combining technology and AI to improve patient care
• Skills Project: free digital skills training for every Londoner
• Culture City Project: celebrating our iconic city and inspiring visitors to do the same
• Plastic-Free Project: making Midtown a beacon of sustainability

MIDTOWN PLASTIC-FREE PROJECT

The Midtown Plastic-Free Project allows the private sector the power to create a legacy and improve our community through social responsibility.

Londoners consume more plastic bottled water per person than anywhere else in England: on average more than 3 plastic water bottles every week — a startling 175 bottles every year per person.

London’s recycling rate is below the national average and has stagnated over the past 5 years. London burns over half of its waste for energy: over 2 million tonnes of waste are incinerated each year, and this amount has more than doubled in the past decade.

Organic waste or recyclable materials are unnecessarily going to incineration — including materials such as plastic, that are potentially hazardous to health when burnt. Once these materials are burnt, they are lost and can’t be used within a circular economy.

The Midtown BID are leading where others will follow, as a beacon of sustainability across the city.