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Sustainability office pitches Richmond as Mid-Atlantic hub for circular-economy innovation
Summary
The city's Office of Sustainability proposed exploring a circular-economy innovation center modeled on Charlotte's "Innovation Barn," citing local strengths including VCU partnerships, manufacturing heritage and emerging textile and plastics reuse projects; staff are conducting a materials-flow analysis to identify priority waste streams.
Tara Warden, sustainability manager, told the committee the Office of Sustainability is exploring a circular-economy innovation center for Richmond to convert local waste streams into economic opportunity.
Warden described the model used in Charlotte's Innovation Barn, where the city owns a facility that a nonprofit manages under a nominal lease and operates a mixture of business incubation labs (plastics reuse, glass crushing into construction sand, urban lumber),…
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