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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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Triple Win – The social, economic and environmental case for re-manufacturing

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This report from two All-Party Groups demonstrates re-manufacturing is not just as a necessary business model but one with social, economic and environmental benefit

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Plastic Re-conference

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The Great Recovery gathered together a room full of experts in plastic, from a range of fields: recycling, design, science, engineering and sustainability.

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Make:Shift:Do jewellery Making

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Who needs Mikimoto, Tiffany or Cartier when you have acrylic off-cuts and some e-waste to make jewelry out of? Our film shows off some of the stunning designs which...

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A new way of recycling PEX plastic waste

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Product designer, Yariv Ziv, introduces the new versatile material he has invented using old PEX piping in Israel.

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Mark Young – How can we design a product for 9 lives?

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Mark Young is a product designer based in Gloucestershire. In this blog he talks us through his ideas for designing products with real longevity.

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Make:Shift:Do

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Last weekend, the Great Recovery got crafty with waste! The Fab Lab London opened it's doors to host a day of jewellery making, laser-cutting and 3D printing with e-waste...

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Plastic ‘teardown’ with Julie’s Bicycle and Closed Loop

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We got together again with Julie’s Bicycle for another fascinating day exploring sustainability and the circular economy. This time we went to Closed Loop Recycling in Dagenham, to see...

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Plastic – it’s a love/hate thing

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On the 3rd November we gathered together a room full of experts in plastic, from a range of fields: recycling, design, science, engineering and sustainability. A series of short...

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Visit us @ Fab Lab London

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After months of preparation, we launched our new home in Bank on Friday 19thSeptember: the RSA Innovation Hub in partnership with FabLab London.

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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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