January 17, 2014 - Resources : Blog

Restarting electronics: Addressing the needs of the silent majority
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Janet Gunter explores the possibility that most of us are not obsessed with endless consumption of electronics, and would rather get more use out of the devices we currently own.
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April 15, 2013 - Resources : Video

What’s in your mobile phone?
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Dr Hywel Jones from the Materials and Engineering Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University shows us what's in our stuff by smashing apart mobile phones.
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April 15, 2013 - Resources : Video

Engine re-manufacturing at Cat Reman
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The Great Recovery Workshop visits CAT REMAN in Shrewsbury where engines are given a second life through their re-manufacturing program.
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March 5, 2013 - Resources : Report

Great Recovery Newspaper: E-waste
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Download Edition 1 of our Great Recovery Newspaper, looking at E-waste, from February 2013. Download the web-version here.
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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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February 27, 2013 - Resources : Blog

The Hunt for Britain’s Metal (and Plastic, and Textile) Thieves
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Last week another BBC documentary caught my eye. “The Hunt for Britain’s Metal Thieves” was an action-packed-shaky-camera –police-chase-o-rama of a show, but hidden beneath the ‘police-camera-action’ style footage was a very serious message. We’ve all heard of lead being stolen from church roofs, and probably all been delayed due...

February 26, 2013 - Resources : Blog

Fairphone: Designing a fairer smartphone
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Miquel Ballester believes in the power of making the right products to bring positive impact to the world. He is responsible for product strategy at Fairphone.
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February 18, 2013 - Resources : Blog

Make It Better: campaign for better products
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Friends of the Earth’s Julian Kirby discusses their Make It Better campaign, and explains the need for better supply chain reporting, resource use and waste prevention.
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