Network
We met some pretty incredible people and organisations on our journey. Here are a few who attended our workshops and networking events, hosted us at their facilities or gave us advice and support along the way. Click on the links to find out more about the work we have done together, or the work that they are doing to further the circular economy.
Academics & Education
- University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing
- Nottingham Trent University
- TU Delft
- The University of Nottingham
- University of Warwick
- UCL CircEL
- University of Bristol Systems Centre
- Kingston University
- Sheffield Hallam
- SustainRCA
Brands/Companies
- Globechain
- IKEA
- J Sainsbury
- ASDA
- Kingfisher
- Unilever
- Kyocera
- Fairphone
- Cat ReMan
- Samsung
- Bright Sparks
Consumers & Users
- Global Action Plan
- Technology Will Save Us
- Fab Lab Barcelona
- Story of Stuff
- Fab Lab London
- Furniture ReUse Network
- Collaborative Consumption
- Surrey Reuse Network
- London Community Resource Network
- MAKLAB
- Restart Project
- BT
Design
- Fioen Van Blagooi
- Superuse Studios
- Lewis Foster
- Studio Swine
- Thomas Thwaites
- The Ocean Friendly Design Forum
- Dr Kate Goldsworthy
- TED
- OSCEdays
- RSA Student Design Awards
- Mark Young
- [re]design
- Xenia Moseley
- Urban Upholstery
- Ella Doran Design
- London Design Festival
- Paul Wyatt Media
- Design Museum
- Science Museum
- We All Design
- 100% Design
- Crafts Council
- V&A
- Autodesk
- Agency of Design
- Expedition Engineering
- Thomas.Matthews
- Seymour Powell
- Useful Simple Projects
- This is Ape
- iFixit
- Design Test
Investors
Manufacturers
- Rype Office
- Snact
- Camira Fabrics
- Wear2
- Arjowiggins
- British Glass
- British Plastics Federation
- Alupro
- P&G
- Philips
- Lego
- M&S
- BASF
- Plastics Europe UK
- The Packaging Society
- EEF
- Saint Gobain
- Axion Polymers
- Interface
- Cisco
- Desso
Material Experts
- Faberdashery
- Ethical Filament Foundation
- Axion Recycling
- Simply Cups
- BAM Construction
- Granta
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- BRE
- National Physics Laboratory
- Ferroday
- Institute of Materials
- Institute of Making
- What’s in your stuff?
- Institute of Making
- ARUP
Policy Makers
- Resource Futures
- PwC
- Julie’s Bicycle
- CHEM Trust
- 2degrees
- London Waste and Recycling Board
- UK Environmental Law Association
- MADE magazine
- Creative Review
- Tipping Point
- NNFCC
- BioRegional
- EPOW (European Pathway to Zero Waste)
- British Embassy, Berlin
- CIWM
- EDIE
- The Guardian
- Friends of the Earth
- Forum for the Future
- Circular Economy Task Force
- Keep Britain Tidy
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Institute for Sustainability
- Green Alliance
- Surrey County Council
- European Commission
- Policy Connect
- Houses of Parliament
- London Community Resource Network
- Resource Association
- EPEA/Cradle to Cradle
- Gaia Foundation
- Zero Waste Scotland
- Aldersgate Group
- WRAP
- DEFRA
- BIS
- BSI
- Lewisham Council
- Camden Council
- Innovate UK
Resource Management
- Carpet Recycling UK
- Materials Recycling World
- SUEZ
- Biffa
- Veolia
- Viridor
- Van Gansewinkel Group
- The Salvation Army
- British Metals Recycling Association
- WEEE Ireland
- LMB Textiles
- Closed Loop
- S2S
- SWEEEP Kuusakoski
Resources
The Great Recovery Report
This report covers the first 6 months of the Great Recovery project, including the circular network, workshops and teardown observations and recommendations.
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‘Growth Within’ Ellen MacArthur Foundation report
This recent report, from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, quantifies the benefits for Europe of adopting a circular development path.
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Legal barriers to circular economy: what are yours?
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 up the rallying cry of circularity. …
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