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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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Redesigning the razor – Life Cycle Assessment

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This is the fourth installment in a series of blogs in which we explore how to design a product for circularity. Here, Great Recovery Intern Sebastian de Cabo Portugal discusses...

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The Challenge for Democracy

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“The circular economy is the only thing we can do for the long term future of Europe. But it is a challenge for democracy.” These were the words of...

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Redesigning the Razor – Teardown

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This is part three of the series of blogs following product designer Sebastian de Cabo, as he designs a razor to work within a circular economy. This instalment concentrates...

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Redesigning the Razor – What’s the best option out there?

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This is part two of the series of blogs in which the Great Recovery will explore how to design a product for circularity. This post will concentrate on the...

 

Four Design Models for Circular Economy

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Download and use our Four Design Models diagram.

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Creating a Circular Economy on the Streets of Clerkenwell

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Clerkenwell Design Week is an annual celebration of the creative, seductive power of design. It brings together the experimental and entrepreneurial with the established veterans of the trade in...

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Redesigning the Razor – In pursuit of circularity

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This blog is the first in a series of posts in which the Great Recovery Programme will explore how to design a product with Circular Economy principles at the...

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Wearable Technology: Destined for landfill?

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Are we turning technology into a new set of disposable products which we use for a short while and then we throw away, just like paper cups?

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Toying with Circularity

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Lucy Chamberlin reflects on the responses to the 'Fair Play' sustainable design brief in their year's Student Design Awards.

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