The global transition to net zero cannot be accomplished by governments alone; it fundamentally requires cross-sector business integration, behavioural change, and targeted waste prevention architectures . While often under-appreciated, the waste and resources sector serves as an essential public asset that directly handles the structural externalities of modern industrial overconsumption . In this presentation from Sustainability LIVE at London Climate Action Week (LCAW) 2026, Keith James, representing the Waste & Resources Action Program (WRAP), details the framework behind the sector's net-zero transition plan under the oversight of the Net Zero Council . While the UK waste sector produces approximately 39 million tonnes of direct CO2 annually, it strategically enables other heavy manufacturing sectors to avoid over 50 million tonnes of emissions by providing low-carbon recycled raw materials—critical to major infrastructure transitions such as the electrification of Tata Steel . James highlights a massive, untapped £40 billion green infrastructure investment opportunity in the UK, mapping out capital allocations needed for recycling infrastructure (£10B), carbon capture and storage (CCS) installations at energy-from-waste plants (£8B–£12B), and fleet electrification (£4B) . He reviews critical, field-tested interventions, detailing the urgent necessity for policy stability to incentivize landfill methane capture—which has backslid from 62% down to 56%—the expansion of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to energy-from-waste streams, and the cross-economy scaling of circular, resource-efficient consumer models . Featuring: • Keith James, Head of Policy and Insights at WRAP