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At any point in a circular economy all materials (resource) hold their value. In our resources pages you will find a mine of information and insight to challenge your thinking and inspire you to new ways of doing.


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Arjowiggins – Pulp and paper mill visits

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The Great Recovery's Leonora Oppenheim tells us all about her trip with other designers, writers and printers to the circular paper mills of France with Calverts Printing Co-op and...

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Resource Resilient UK

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The first report by the Circular Economy Task Force describes what businesses and government can do now to secure resources for UK industry through a more circular economy.

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Closing the loop: Risk or reward?

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Research from edit.net and Local Authority Waste & Recycling magazine gauges the attitudes within business and the waste management supply chain to the emerging circular economy.

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‘New designs for a circular economy’ brief: Meet the winners round 2

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Learn more about the projects approved for funding under round 2 of the Technology Strategy Board’s ‘New Designs for a Circular Economy’ feasibility competition.

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Award Winning Student Tackles Closed Loop Design

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RSA Student Design Award winner Chris Redford discusses his winning 'circular' entry to the Change Makers brief.

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INSIDEflows: The Superuse Approach to Design

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Superuse Studios, established by Jan Jongert and Césare Peeren, have been at the forefront of rethinking our relationships with materials and resources for 15 years. Here they tell us...

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The Great Recovery Report

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This report covers the first 6 months of the Great Recovery project, including the circular network, workshops and teardown observations and recommendations.

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Could you become a Restarter?

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Janet Gunter, the co-founder of The Restart Project, and a communications specialist who works in global development, gives us an insight into their brilliant volunteer 'Restarters'.

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Back to basics

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Written for the Guardians new Resource Efficiency Hub, Great Recovery project leader Sophie Thomas explores how waste is a design flaw and how we need to rethink products to...

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