August 1, 2013 - Resources : Blog

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 Arjowiggins.
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April 15, 2013 - Resources : Video

Fashionable Recycling at LMB Textiles
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The Great Recovery visits LMB textiles in East London for their latest workshop. Tickety Boo's Mark Shayler looks at the problem of sustainable fast fashion.
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April 15, 2013 - Resources : Video

Engine re-manufacturing at Cat Reman
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The Great Recovery Workshop visits CAT REMAN in Shrewsbury where engines are given a second life through their re-manufacturing program.
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March 4, 2013 - Resources : Video

The Great Recovery Workshop: Geevor Tin Mine
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Our first workshop, in Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall. Seeing how tin is dug up out of the ground and how it's used in products.
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March 4, 2013 - Resources : Video

The Great Recovery Workshop: S2S Electronics
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S2S refurbish electronics in a really sane way - many e-waste recovery centres crush the whole product, then sort, but S2S repair and refurbish, or take apart by hand those items that can't be fixed.
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March 4, 2013 - Resources : Past event Video

Royal Designers at the Great Recovery
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RSA Royal Designers for Industry, Terence Woodgate and Kenneth Grange, join us for a teardown at SWEEEP Kuusakoski, WEEE processing facility.
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February 27, 2013 - Resources : Video

The Art of Textile Recycling at LMB
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Ross Barry of LMB Textiles gives us a fascinating insight into just what happens to our unwanted clothes and textiles at the family run recycling facility in East London.
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December 6, 2012 - Resources : Video

Cathode Ray Tube Recycling Furnace
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Filmed during our workshop at Sweeep in Kent, this film takes a closer look at the amazing Nulife glass cathode ray tube recycling furnace.
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November 29, 2012 - Resources : Blog

SWEEEP Kuusakoski – What Happens to our Recycled Electronics?
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Robert Beagley-Brown looks at what happens to recycled electronics following his visit to Sweeep in Sittingbourne, Kent.
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