September 11, 2015 - Resources : Blog

A lightbulb moment for re-use?
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Are the waste and resources sectors having a reusable lightbulb moment when it comes to the circular economy?
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June 15, 2015 - News :

Legal barriers to circular economy: what are yours?
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Back in January, the Great Recovery held a roundtable at Fab Lab on the subject of policy and legislation for a circular economy. It was attended by a diverse group of legislators, lawyers, waste managers, policy writers and designers and spurred on the UKELA (Environmental Law Association) to take...
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April 2, 2015 - Resources : Blog

3D printing: bringing users closer to the factory
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From plastics to chocolate, 3D printing technology is developing rapidly and capturing the attention of a host of industries. But how could 3D printing be used by individuals in a circular economy?
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January 26, 2015 - Resources : Blog

The Future of Fixing
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Guest blogger Daniel Charny talks about the thinking behind the Fixhub as a prototype for a new type community makerspace for every neighbourhood.
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January 22, 2015 - Resources : Blog

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
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Mark Shayler argues that our consumption of ‘tat’ in a resource constrained world is spiralling out of control. And Christmas represents the zenith of our excesses.

January 6, 2015 - Resources : Blog

Salvaging materials from a broken printer
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Our guest blogger, Stephen Bell is a volunteer at Fab Lab London. Here he describes his experience of hacking a broken printer in the workshop, in order to find out what materials were present and what he could salvage.
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December 11, 2014 - Resources : Blog

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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December 8, 2014 - Resources : Blog

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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October 9, 2014 - Resources : Blog

An Audience with Terence Woodgate, Royal Designer for Industry
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The Great Recovery's Lucy Chamberlin met RDI Terence Woodgate to find out about his approach to sustainable design, his design ethos and his new LED lighting product range.
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