South Tyneside charity gets share of National Lottery funding to help cut waste and tackle climate change
Funding used to reduce waste in the community through adapting the area’s existing bulky waste service in partnership with South Tyneside Council and Our 1 Community Read more >
Why we need to remove ‘waste’ from the dictionary
Article by Steve Haskew, Head of Sustainability at Circular Computing, challenging the negative and dormant connotations associated with the term “waste” and the need for an alternative way of viewing materials and products that are beyond their initial lifecycle. Read More >
Global resource use hit record high in 2021, despite pandemic slowdown
A record 101.4 billion tonnes of virgin raw materials were used globally last year, with nations and corporates failing to cut resource use and improve reuse and recycling at the rate demanded by climate science Read More >
The world is ditching plastics with reuse and refill laws and practices
Article by Greenpeace highlighting how people pressure is driving governments to acknowledge the only way to tackle the plastic pollution crisis is through shifting towards a system based on reuse Read more >
Circular Electronics Platform Now France’s Most Valuable Startup As Repair Movement Strengthens
Back Market, a return and repair startup, a platform for consumers to source refurbished tech items has confirmed the closing of a $510 million funding round Read More >
£170,000 in National Lottery funding goes to support communities in north-east Wales
The project, Resourceful North-East Wales: Borrow, Share, Repair: Library of Things (LoT), has been developed by local authorities and community groups and will connect skills across communities in Denbighshire to deliver a shared mobile library of things Read More >
Covid-19 sees Reuse down 60%
Recent Report by the Reuse Network has found that rates of reuse fell 60 per cent between 2020 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic Read More >
Our ‘Throwaway Culture’ Is Significantly To Blame For Climate Change. What Can We Do About It?
The Circularity Gap Report 2021 highlights the issues contributing to climate change and provides a roadmap to climate repair. Political world leaders are called upon to implement circular economy strategies as a matter of urgency Read more >
New ‘reuse’ shop opens at Leicester recycling site
Unwanted clothing, books, toys, bric a brac or household goods in good condition can be dropped off at a Leicester recycling centre with proceeds from sales going to support a local charity
Derry community project receives £150,000 to ‘change attitudes’ and tackle climate emergency
A new community initiative, Artitude, has been given a major funding boost in an attempt to change behaviours and attitudes to climate and waste in the North West Read more >