Circular economy solutions and sustainable living for Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Northamptonshire

ABOUT US

CEC 3 Counties is part of the Circular Economy Club international network. We serve Bedford, Milton Keynes and Northampton and the surrounding towns and communities in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire. We exist to share circular economy solutions across the region and encourage circular economy practices and business models. We are open to all organisations and individuals, large and small. We are not-for-profit and run entirely by voluntary effort.

Natalie Ibbott

CEC Bedford

Natalie has worked in waste management and circular economy for over 20 years. She specialises in project management, research and partnerships. Since 2017, Natalie has worked as a private sector circular economy consultant. Alongside her role at Reusefully, Natalie works with the reuse not-for-profit, Freegle where she has served as project manager for the charity’s councils & partnerships programme for the past seven years. Since 2018 she has also been an active volunteer leader for the Circular Economy Club, organising networking events in London and the 3 Counties region.

Katherine Adams

CEC Milton Keynes

Dr Katherine Adams has over 25 years’ experience in sustainability, mostly in the built environment. She set up Reusefully in 2021 and has a PhD from Loughborough University. Katherine is considered to be an expert in the area of construction resource efficiency and circularity, having been instrumental in shaping practice and policy. She works with all parts of the supply chain and Government on topics such as embodied carbon, waste management, circular economy, measurement and reporting. She has been involved in a number of European projects, and is also working with Defra, DESNZ, DBT and the Green Construction Board Circular Economy, Resources and Waste Group on ‘zero avoidable waste’ in the construction sector. She sits on many groups and committees including European standardisation to progress circularity in the built environment.

Gilli Hobbs

CEC Northampton

Gilli is a co-founder of Reusefully and has provided technical and expert input to sustainability related projects in the built environment for 30 years. Until 2021, she was director of the strategic advisory team at BRE. Other recent projects include circular economy advisor to the London Borough of Enfield on the Meridian Water regeneration project; circular economy for low-income housing; and undertaking numerous pre-redevelopment audits and various projects such as EC commissioned project relating to Measurement of Circularity Approaches in the Construction Ecosystem. Gilli is a member of various standards committees including CEN TC 350 SC1 Circular Economy in Construction (also chair of UK mirror committee), ISO SCP 1/4 Circular Economy, BSI CB 101 Service Life Planning and B/558 Sustainability of Construction Work.