News and events

Resource Futures has worked with Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC), as part of a project funded by WRAP, to develop innovative reuse facilities at two of the county’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs). Good quality items donated at Buckinghamshire’s 10 recycling centres will go on sale at new onsite shops based at the Aston Clinton and High Heavens, High Wycombe, HWRCs. The money raised will support local charity South Bucks Hospice. 

A scheme to encourage students to donate items for reuse to a children’s cancer charity has been hailed a success; diverting 1.2 tonnes of waste from landfill and raising £5,000 for CLIC Sargent. The initiative involving the University of Bristol, the University of the West of England, Bristol City Council, waste management company May Gurney and Resource Futures also resulted in a 50 per cent reduction in residents’ complaints about student waste.

Resource Futures’ Chief Executive Officer, Jane Stephenson MBE, was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at MRW’s National Recycling Awards this week. She was presented with the award at a glittering ceremony held at the Lancaster London Hotel on 3rd July.

Community RePaint network continues to expand with four new schemes in as many months. At the start of 2012 Community RePaint East Berkshire joined the already 63-scheme strong network. This scheme is run by The Green Machine, collecting paint under contract from two HWRCs in Bracknell and Reading; within a matter of weeks they were filling their shelves with reusable paint, including 300 tins donated by a private company clearing out old offices.

In 2011, householders, traders and paint manufacturers donated 343,957 litres of paint to Community RePaint schemes, which then distributed 217,112 litres to community groups and individuals saving 565 tonnes of CO2 – the equivalent of taking 192 cars off our roads - and providing 766 volunteer and training opportunities. The network now has over 65 schemes across the UK with four new schemes starting at the beginning of 2012.    

Resource Futures worked jointly with WRAP on the production of a report on global food waste and the prospects for food production in the future. 

This important publication, for the Foresight Programme’s ‘Future of Food and Farming’ project, was launched in January 2011 at an event at HM Treasury.

Community RePaint - the national network of paint reuse schemes, managed by Resource Futures - is delighted to confirm that Dulux has agreed to extend its existing commitment to the programme and become the key sponsor over the next three years, until the end of 2013.

Building on the success of last years’ Big Climate Event, this stimulating and inspirational conference for those supporting and taking community action on climate change was held on Saturday 13th November 2010 at Oxford University Centre for the Environment.