August 18, 2015 - Resources : Video

What is The Great Recovery?
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We investigate the challenges of waste and the opportunities of a circular economy through the lens of design. Here's how we do it.

June 17, 2015 - Resources : Blog Video

Redesigning the Razor – What’s the best option out there?
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This is part two of the series of blogs in which the Great Recovery will explore how to design a product for circularity. This post will concentrate on the research stages of the product development – outlining the information we gathered from desk based and direct research like interviews...
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April 22, 2015 - Resources : Past event Video

Service Design Workshop at Fab Lab London
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Service design can refine existing services so they work better within a system, but it can also suggest completely new services that reconfigure the system itself. See what our participants got up to.
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April 22, 2015 - Resources : Past event Video

The Great Recovery at Resource Show 2015
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Sophie Thomas, Director of Circular Economy for the RSA reflects on our innovative stand at the Resource 2015 event in March 2015.
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April 22, 2015 - Resources : Blog Video

On the Bins…
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We're all familiar with dropping items into our household bins - this bottle for recycling, that packet for waste - but what happens to these bags and their contents when they leave our curbside? Sophie Thomas joined Kensington and Chelsea's Waste and Recycling collectors to find out.
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March 30, 2015 - Resources : Past event Video

The Game of Circularity
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We challenged visitors at Resource 2015 to play the Game of Circularity. Setting out to manufacture a consumer product, they had to make decisions at a series of design junctions: Virgin or recycled material? Global or Local manufacture? Design for longevity or for disposal? These choices sent their trains...
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March 9, 2015 - Resources : Video

The Survivor Sofa Story
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We generate approximately 1.5 million tonnes of bulky waste each year. How can design rethink these sofas, mattresses and furniture for a more circular economy?
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January 5, 2015 - Resources : Video

Plastic Re-conference
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The Great Recovery gathered together a room full of experts in plastic, from a range of fields: recycling, design, science, engineering and sustainability.
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January 5, 2015 - Resources : Past event Video

Make:Shift:Do jewellery Making
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Who needs Mikimoto, Tiffany or Cartier when you have acrylic off-cuts and some e-waste to make jewelry out of? Our film shows off some of the stunning designs which were created during our bustling maker session at Fab Lab London
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