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  • Ceremonies One of the main features of the Games are the cerem...
  • Games heritage The UK has a strong history in th Olympic and Paral...
  • Olympic Park The London 2012 Games are the catalyst for transfor...
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    Sustainability

    Sustainability

    We are creating venues, facilities and infrastructure for the London 2012 Games that leave a lasting social, economic and environmental legacy for London and the UK, while minimising any other adverse impacts during the design and construction of the Olympic Park, venues, infrastructure and housing.
    The remediation of the site will bring existing land back into public use and create significant improvements in the quantity and quality of green space in east London.
    The creation of new infrastructure, sporting facilities and housing in an area currently experiencing high levels of deprivation will help to create neighbourhoods and vibrant places after the Games are over, where people will want to live, work and play. We are reconnecting communities by building more than 30 bridges across the waterways, railways and roads that currently divide the Olympic Park area.

    Addressing the challenge of climate change through minimising the carbon emissions associated with the development, and optimising the opportunities for efficient water use, is key to our approach. We are creating 100 hectares of green
    spaces, which are designed to reduce the risk of flooding in the river valley and enrich the biodiversity of the Lower Lea Valley.

    We are working with the construction products industry to help source environmentally friendly and ethically produced materials that will help create a low carbon construction.

    A new waste management contractor has been appointed to sort, compact and transport waste by barge from site, 90 per cent of which will be recycled or reused.

    Our approach is unprecedented for a development of this nature. We hope it will raise the bar for industry and provide a challenging step change for urban development in the UK.