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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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What is The Great Recovery?

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We investigate the challenges of waste and the opportunities of a circular economy through the lens of design. Here's how we do it.

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Simply Cups

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Simply Cups is the UK’s only paper cup collection and recycling service. RSA Director of Circular Economy, Sophie Thomas joined them in June 2015 for their annual Member’s Event.

Case study

Rype Office: Furniture for a Circular Economy

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Rype Office demonstrates the value of the Circular Economy by remanufacturing office furniture.

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Axion: Recofloor – the vinyl flooring take back scheme

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The circular economy in action! Here Axion Recycling tell us about the development of Recofloor, the vinyl flooring take back scheme.

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‘Growth Within’ Ellen MacArthur Foundation report

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This recent report, from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, quantifies the benefits for Europe of adopting a circular development path.

Blog

The End-of-Life Customer

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Product designer and RSA Great Recovery Intern Sebastian de Cabo discusses the implications of thinking beyond the first life of a product.

Blog Past event

OSCEdays hit Fab Lab London

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Find out what the London teams got up to as part of the global OSCEdays design hack weekend in June 2015.

Blog Past event

Open Global Collaboration for a Circular Economy

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In June 2015 local organisers and teams came together in 33 cities spanning 25 countries around the world. Their challenge? To kickstart circular economy solutions.

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Circular Network diagram

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Early on in the project we sought to identify who could be influencers when designing for circularity. This list further developed into the Circular Network diagram, making it easy to...

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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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