Circular Economy

Renewable, recyclable or biodegradable inputs for production; recovering resources and materials from end-of-life products; extending product lifecycles by reusing, repairing and reselling; sharing platforms for collective usage; product-as-a-service models, and more…

Your latest circular economy stories

SHRUB Zero Waste Hub

Empowering people to live a low carbon life, without waste.

City of Edinburgh
  • Excessive consumption
  • Food security & supply
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Marlborough Community Fridge

Reducing food waste

Wiltshire
  • Excessive consumption
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Biodiversity & Nature

TRAID

Tackling the negative social and environmental impacts of producing, consuming and wasting clothes.

Brent
  • Excessive consumption
  • Greater fairness
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Plastic Free Communities

Freeing local communities from avoidable, throwaway plastic.

UK
  • Excessive consumption
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Canterbury Business Improvement District

Supporting local businesses to act more sustainably.

Canterbury
  • Air pollution
  • Carbon emissions
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Cambridge Marketing College  

Educating marketing professionals about sustainability while reducing our carbon footprint.

Cambridge
  • Carbon emissions
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Think big locally

Why Circular Economy?

Companies can redesign how they operate by reducing materials, waste and pollution upfront during design and development; finding innovative ways of extending the useful life of components and materials; and offering services instead of selling products. Communities and residents grow circular economies naturally by relentlessly reusing, repairing and recycling. A circular economy is a boon for new, secure jobs: put simply, keeping our stuff for longer means keeping more jobs in the local economy.

Fixing Our Throwaway Economy

Hear how The Fixing Factory is reducing electronic waste whilst tackling digital inequality and climate change, and training the ‘fixers of the future’.

All circular economy initiatives

Mole Valley Climate Hub

Spreading awareness and engaging the local community on carbon reduction.

Mole Valley
  • Air pollution
  • Excessive consumption
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Transport

Salisbury Transition City

To be a catalyst for positive change, and create a better more sustainable Salisbury.

Wiltshire
  • Air pollution
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Circular Economy

Carbon AcCount Ltd

Helping SMEs reduce their carbon footprint.

Conwy
  • Carbon emissions
  • Excessive consumption
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Circular Economy
  • Energy
  • Finance

Spotless Garments

Providing sustainable low-carbon laundry services through wide-reaching initiatives and technology.

Buckinghamshire
  • Carbon emissions
  • Excessive consumption
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Transport

RecycleIT - Sustainability Project

Providing an end-to-end solution for redundant IT equipment.

Burnley
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Finance

Tip Shops South Wales

Rescuing reusable items from being thrown into skips and make them available to people in need.

Blaenau Gwent
  • Carbon emissions
  • Excessive consumption
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Filling Good

Encouraging residents to lead a more sustainable lifestyle.

Windsor and Maidenhead
  • Excessive consumption
  • Greater fairness
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Frog Bikes

Getting kids on bikes, and reducing carbon emissions by self-manufacturing.

Torfaen
  • Carbon emissions
  • Excessive consumption
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Circular Economy
  • Transport

Repair Cafe Wales

Supporting communities to run repair cafes to fix household items for free and reduce waste.

Cardiff
  • Carbon emissions
  • Excessive consumption
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Severn Trent Green Power – Food Waste Recycling Partnership

Providing a recycling service for Oxfordshire’s organic waste which generates green energy for homes

Oxford
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Energy
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Furniture Re-Use Project

Salvaging, reusing, recycling or upcycling old school and office furniture to save it from landfill.

Perth and Kinross
  • Excessive consumption
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Northumbrian Water Harnessing 'Power from Poo'

Creating biogas to feed into the gas network, reducing water treatment emissions and costs.

Redcar and Cleveland
  • Carbon emissions
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Built Environment
  • Energy
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