Redditch UK: First Virtually Plastic Free Homes Built, Receives EU Funding

People have started to move into homes that are believed to be the first in the UK that are virtually plastic-free.

The complex in Redditch, Worcestershire, consists of 12 one-bedroom apartments and received £1.2m of EU funding.

It allowed developers Green Square Accord to research the reduction and removal of plastic in construction.

Timber panels, aluminium window frames and mineral-insulated copper cable for wiring were used to build the homes.

“We can’t carry on building homes the way we are at the moment, we need people’s energy bills to be lower and homes that don’t have a negative effect on the planet,” said Carl Taylor, the housing developer’s assistant director.