South Tyneside charity gets share of National Lottery funding to help cut waste and tackle climate change
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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
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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 […]
Global resource use hit record high in 2021, despite pandemic slowdown
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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 […]
The world is ditching plastics with reuse and refill laws and practices
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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 […]
Circular Electronics Platform Now France’s Most Valuable Startup As Repair Movement Strengthens
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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
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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 […]
Covid-19 sees Reuse down 60%
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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?
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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 […]
New ‘reuse’ shop opens at Leicester recycling site
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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 […]
Derry community project receives £150,000 to ‘change attitudes’ and tackle climate emergency
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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 […]