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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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Recycling: the USB plug for a circular economy

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Sandy Rodger is an engineer and business leader, who held senior roles in manufacturing, supply chain and R&D, with Unilever and Diageo, before joining the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in...

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Lessons from The Great Recovery 2012-2016

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This new report shares our process and belief that if you build a movement that is fuelled by creativity and reinforced by a dynamic network, things can really shift.

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Why is the Circular Economy transformational (and not just a smaller elephant)?

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Sandy Rodger is an RSA Fellow and business leader, who held senior roles in manufacturing, supply chain and R&D, with Unilever and Diageo, before joining the Ellen MacArthur Foundation...

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The New Plastics Economy – a breakthrough, and not only for plastics

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Sandy Rodger FRSA reflects on the recent report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Project MainStream - The New Plastics Economy

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Second Life SolidWool

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Steven Parsons explains the challenges of end of life recovery for mixed fibre carpets, and talks about a recent collaboration between his organisation Wools of New Zealand and SolidWool.

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‘The New Plastics Economy’ Ellen MacArthur Foundation report

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Plastic is the workhorse of the modern economy, combining unrivalled properties with low cost. Yet we are increasingly aware that the way we currently conduct our love affair with...

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Easily recycle your old furniture – response to our report

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Following the release of our Rearranging the Furniture report, we were pleased to hear from furniture retailer, Furniture Choice, about their initiative to support recycling and reuse.

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Reclining to Recycling – response to our furntiture report

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Sofabedsofa got in touch after hearing us on Radio 4 talking about the need to rethink the waste we create from sofas. After hearing the importance of keeping fire labels...

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An appetite for filming waste

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The Great Recovery has been very fortunate to work with Paul Wyatt, the talent behind our collection of films. Here he explains how he has used the films to...

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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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