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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.


Case study

Summer Residents: CupClub London

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Frustrated by the vast waste from the disposal cups carried all around her in London, CupClub have taken inspiration from quite a different system of taking tea.

Case study

Globechain: helping spread positive social impact through reuse

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Founder May Al-Karooni talks to us about the development of Globechain and the impact of its work.

Blog

You can’t keep a good sofa(bed) down

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One sofa's story of a long and fruitful life: Sarah Horner reflects on the importance of access to quality secondhand furniture.

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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?

Report

Read our ‘Rearranging the Furniture’ report

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Read the findings from our 'bulky waste' Design Residency, an investigation into the challenge of furniture in a circular economy

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Sustainable makespaces: Choosing materials

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A few tips for planning your next project - how to choose your materials

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7 Things We Can Do To Keep Our Sofas Out Of Landfill

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What can we do to ensure that our sofas stay out of landfill, and instead have long lives of use and re-use? Here are our seven top tips.

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Rearranging the Furniture

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Everyone has a story about bulky waste. The sofa in the garden, the mattress at the bus stop, the fridge in the parking lot. A quick survey of researchers...

Blog Video

Craft, Recycling and the Frustrated Maker

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Wuthigrai Siriphon is a Thai lecturer, weaver and designer. He recently received an MA Textiles from the RCA with a project on the development of hand woven textiles to...

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