Topic: Reuse

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 – thinkFOUND: Making high quality furniture with London roots

Snapshot thinkFOUND is a social enterprise based in Waltham Forest that makes furniture from waste wood while providing young...

Case study – Fallen & Felled: Reclaiming felled trees for use as high-quality timber

Snapshot Fallen & Felled is a London-based timber company that repurposes fallen urban trees into hardwood timber and...

Case study – Colour Sound Experiment: Re-wiring a circular economy business

Snapshot Colour Sound Experiment, an equipment hire specialist for live events, found they were often forced to replace damaged...

Case study – Channel Projects: Ironing out plans for structural steel reuse

Snapshot Channel Projects, an architecture studio, sought to develop a solution that would encourage steel reuse in the construction...

Case study – Top Cuvée: Refillable wine, drop by drop

2 December 2022

Snapshot Top Cuvée, an Islington-based local wine shop, wanted to reduce the use of single-use wine bottles throughout the...

Insight note – Scaling up packaging-free grocery shopping: go big or go niche

Since 2017, ReLondon’si Business Transformation programme has been helping businesses innovating around ‘packaging-free’...

Case study – Library of Things: Surviving COVID-19 to come back bigger and better

Snapshot Library of Things, a London-based SME making it possible for citizens to borrow instead of buy, had big plans for...

Case study – TOPUP TRUCK: Refill groceries in reusable packaging to your door

Snapshot TOPUP TRUCK, a door-to-door service offering refill groceries from an electric milk float, was looking to meet their...

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