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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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EU Package: Predictably unambitious and still obsessed with waste

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Lucy Chamberlin reflects on the EU’s long awaited policy plan for a circular economy and what it means for designing in circularity.

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‘The Survivor Sofa Story’ now available on your TV

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Saved from landfill and reimagined for a circular economy; now you can watch The Survivor Sofa Story online and on your television.

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Great Recovery on Radio 4: Save our Sofas

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Each year thousands of tonnes of perfectly good sofas are thrown away – and can’t be given to families who want them. Why not? Because they are missing fire...

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Accenture: Wealth to Waste book

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'Waste to Wealth: Creating advantage in a circular economy' is Accenture's latest publication laying out their examination of the circular economy

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PwC: Lessons Learned – Going Circular

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PwC are exploring circular economy solutions within their business operations. Find out how they are getting on and what they have learnt in their latest 'Lessons Learned' report.

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Jobs that don’t exist yet

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Learn 4 Life (L4L) are a web broadcasting organisation providing information and content about innovation in education in the UK and abroad. We met them at Fab Lab during...

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Never Turn Your Back on the Ocean

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Sophie Thomas tells the story behind her new collection of work - an exhibition of marine litter from the shores of Hawaii.

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Summer residents: Sophie Zajicek

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Over the summer of 2015 RSA Great Recovery hosted a number of Summer Design Residents at Fab Lab London. These young designers were all developing circular economy projects, and...

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‘Wasteful’ thinking?

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Josie Warden asks if the language we use to discuss materials and waste is compatible with moving to a circular economy.

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The Great Recovery was a project by the RSA working with Innovate UK which ran between 2012 and 2016.

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