Topic: Reuse and repair

Case study – Islington’s small businesses deliver big impact through the circular economy

11 January 2023

Islington Council saw the opportunity to bring together their economic, environmental and inclusivity goals into a single...

A man and a girl are shopping in a supermarket. The man is leaning down to choose an item of food. The girl is sticking out her tongue in concentration and holding a list.

Insight note – Waste not, want not: rethinking waste to help low-income households access necessities

5 December 2022

The UK is currently suffering the worst inflation crisis in a generation, threatening to widen existing inequalities and...

Case study – The Toy Project: A circular economy toy story

2 December 2022

Snapshot The Toy Project is an Islington-based charity that takes donations of pre-loved toys to be given to children who...

Case study – Phoebe English: Pioneering a fully circular, closed-loop fashion studio

1 December 2022

Snapshot Phoebe English, a London-based sustainable fashion studio, has seen first-hand the volume of textile waste generated...

Podcast – The circular economy playbook, episode 16: Breaking the cycle of exclusivity with Philip Dobson

25 November 2022

In this episode Ali and Antony interview guest Philip Dobson, founder of upCYCLE, a social enterprise set up during the pandemic...

Podcast – The circular economy playbook, episode 15: Sustaining steel reuse with Roy Fishwick

7 November 2022

In this episode Ali and Andrea speak to Roy Fishwick, managing director of Cleveland Steel & Tubes Ltd. Having worked...

Case study – KAPDAA – The Offcut Company: Giving new life to textile waste

Snapshot KAPDAA – The Offcut Company turns brands’ off-cut fabrics into beautiful accessories. They saw how few solutions...

Case study – Birdsong: Extending the lifetime of garments through a new repair service

Snapshot Birdsong is a sustainable fashion studio based in East London. They decided to take their environmental ethos one...

Case study – THRIFT+ – Launching a new recycling Thrift+ bag

Snapshot Thrift+ is an online platform for second-hand shopping and resale. They saw first-hand how much textile waste is...

Case study – Noodoll: A re-homing service for circular toys

Snapshot Noodoll, an independent designer, manufacturer and distributor of toys, wanted to explore ways to give toys a second...

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