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

A Good Thing CIC

Making it easy for businesses to donate unwanted items to local charities.

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

Renew Hub

Bringing reuse on an industrial scale to Greater Manchester, leading towards a circular economy.

Manchester
  • Carbon emissions
  • Excessive consumption
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Built Environment

4GOOD

Empowering event organisers to do more good and have a positive impact.

City of London
  • Carbon emissions
  • Greater fairness
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Circular Economy
  • Energy
  • Finance

Elvis & Kresse

Changing perceptions and norms around waste, luxury & business.

Swale
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Excessive consumption
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

Edinburgh Remakery

Creating a culture of repair, re-use and sustainable, waste-free living.

City of Edinburgh
  • Carbon emissions
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy

Fylde Resilience Community Project

Increasing connectivity between private, public and 3rd sectors to deliver local Climate Action Plan

Blackpool
  • Excessive consumption
  • Greater fairness
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Circular Economy
  • Built Environment
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

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 ā€˜fixers of the future’.

All circular economy initiatives

Industrial Hemp

Researching how industrial hemp can reduce carbon levels and offer sustainable materials.

Ceredigion
  • Biodiversity loss
  • Carbon emissions
  • Food security & supply
  • Circular Economy
  • Biodiversity & Nature
  • Land Use, Food & Agriculture

The Hive

Supporting the local circular economy and meeting the needs of local families.

Powys
  • Excessive consumption
  • Greater fairness
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Energy
  • Finance

Climate Shops in Lampeter and Aberystwyth

Creating a new way of shopping that doesn’t harm the natural world.

Ceredigion
  • Carbon emissions
  • Excessive consumption
  • Waste
  • Circular Economy
  • Biodiversity & Nature

reSource Denbighshire

Creating connected communities and providing sustainable activities.

Denbighshire
  • Excessive consumption
  • Greater fairness
  • Health & wellbeing
  • Circular Economy

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

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
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