Forum for Circular Infrastructure

Facilitating collaboration to support the circular economy transition across infrastructure

As major infrastructure organisations seek pathways to embed circular economy thinking and low carbon solutions across the design and delivery of their programme and projects in this, the Climate Decade, collaboration across sectors and markets is increasingly vital.

The Forum for Circular Infrastructure* (FCI), founded and chaired by AECOM, brings together infrastructure owners and operators from across the UK and Ireland to share best practice, facilitate opportunities for collaboration and drive innovation to encourage innovative thinking on a fully circular infrastructure delivery.

We provide essential support in the transition to an infrastructure sector where waste is no longer an option, including:

• Keeping resources in use for as long as possible
• Extracting the maximum value from resources while in use
• Embedding circular economy principles into the procurement and design of infrastructure assets
• Recovering and regenerating products and materials at the end of life.

FCI provides a space for members to discuss current and emerging challenges and opportunities, and a collective voice to inform and shape future policy through responding to consultations, such as the Waste Prevention Programme for England, Scotland’s Circular Economy Bill and Delivering Scotland’s circular economy: A Route Map to 2025 and beyond.

Increasingly, we are seeking to forge greater links with academia and government bodies, acknowledging that a joint approach is required for large scale, systemic change to be achieved.

Our members include:

• Built Environment – Smarter Transformation
• Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges
• EDF Energy
• Edinburgh Airport
• Environment Agency
• Gatwick Airport
• Heathrow Airport
• Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• Highlands and Islands Airports
• High Speed 2
• Lower Thames Crossing
• National Grid
• National Highways
• Network Rail
• ReLondon
• Scottish Power Energy Networks
• Scottish Power Renewables
• Scottish Water
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency
• Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks Transmission
• Transport for London
• Transport Scotland
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Sheffield
• University of Strathclyde
• University College London
• Zero Waste Scotland

To continue our collaborative approach, we also convene the Infrastructure Decarbonisation Forum (InDeFor) which is a space to share best practice and learning on the challenges and opportunities infrastructure organisations face as they decarbonise their operations and capital investments.

*The Forum for Circular Infrastructure (FCI) is the amalgamation of Major Infrastructure–Resources Optimisation Group (MI-ROG) and Scottish Infrastructure Circular Economy Forum (SICEF).