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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November 12, 2014 - Resources : Blog Past event

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 the journey the lucky plastic bottles take if they get to this recycling plant.
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August 12, 2013 - Resources : Blog

The Circular Economy goes to school
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Hilary from the Great Recovery team spends the day at St Johns school in Marlborough, taking a teardown to a new audience. The spudgers were out and all over the room mobile phones were being prised, prodded and pulled to bits. 50 heads were bent over in concentration. The...
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April 30, 2013 - Resources : Blog

Back to basics
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Written for the Guardians new Resource Efficiency Hub, Great Recovery project leader Sophie Thomas explores how waste is a design flaw and how we need to rethink products to ensure fewer end up on the mountain of e-waste.
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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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November 29, 2012 - Resources : Blog

My scary toothbrush
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After the Great Recovery tour and workshop at Closed Loop, Dagenham, Sandy Rodger reflects on his shocking toothbrush experience...
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November 29, 2012 - Resources : Blog

Cornish mining, hardhats, deconstruction & the global supply chain
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Leap design tell us about their day at Geevor Tin Mine with The Great Recovery.
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November 26, 2012 - Resources : Blog

Royal Designers at The Great Recovery Workshop
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We were delighted to welcome Royal Designers for Industry, Kenneth Grange and Terence Woodgate, to our e-waste workshop at Sweeep, Kent.
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