Australia’s built environment generates around 27 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste each year, nearly 44% of the nation’s total.
While much of this is recovered, vast quantities of materials are still lost, highlighting the urgent need to rethink how we design, build and reuse.*
Building on the ideas set out in our initial Nothing New report, Asia Pacific Managing Director Tracey Skovronek and Head of Sustainability Laura Baron spoke to Build Australia to explore how the circular economy is not a new concept, but one deeply rooted in heritage practice.
Referencing Sydney’s sandstone precinct and the adaptive reuse of the 19th-century government building into The Lands by Capella, Tracey and Laura highlight how these principles continue to be applied.
*Green Building Council of Australia reports.
