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Community RePaint: A Helping Hand for Hearts and Minds in 2011

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 about to start at the beginning of 2012.    

Resource Futures seeks new Non-Executive Chair

Following restructuring during 2011 Resource Futures is now looking to strengthen its Board with a new Non-Executive Chair.  The company is forecasting a three-fold increase in its profit from 2% in the year ended March 2010 to 6% for the year ending March 2012.  The new position will join Chief Executive Officer Jane Stephenson MBE and Operations Director Sam Reeve, bringing independent scrutiny and advice to this successful business at Board level. 

Education project shortlisted for award

Resource Futures Education Project has been shortlisted for a national award for the Composting in Schools project. The application to CIWM Awards for Environmental Excellence, is in the category of Innovative Practice and is a joint application between Resource Futures and Devon County Council.

Improving Efficiency in Waste: Maximising Income and Minimising Costs

Resources North will be running this event on
November 2nd 2011

Learn from real world examples to make the most of your household, trade and business waste. This is a  Resources North event co-ordinated by Resource Futures.
Everyone welcome - Day delegate rate is only £55 +VAT including lunch. 

B&NES Youth Climate Summit

June 30th, 2011

A two-day event held at Bath University, for secondary school students and teachers across B&NES.  Inspirational guest speakers and opportunities for young people to share their views and explore ways to work together for a sustainable future.

Interactive and innovative food waste reduction campaign materials from Resource Futures!

At Resource Futures we believe in face-to-face interaction, particularly roadshows, to affect positive behavior change. Here we promote our range of fun and informative roadshows materials which will encourage audiences to learn something new about food waste reduction.

Repainting the Nation! - Paint reuse network touches thousands of lives in 2010

Community RePaint, the national network of paint reuse schemes, managed by Resource Futures, helped to make Britain a brighter place last year by supporting over 12,000 groups and people to transform their local environment.

Foresight Programme’s ‘Future of Food and Farming’ project publishes key report with WRAP and Resource Futures' help

Resource Futures’ Technical Director, Julian Parfitt has been busily working 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 at an event on 25th January 2011 at HM Treasury.

Dulux confirms commitment as sponsor of Community RePaint

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.

Pupil Waste Summit, Devon

On March 17th 2011 Resource Futures were pleased to work in partnership with Devon County Council to organise a successful  ‘Waste Summit’ for Year 10 pupils from Devon secondary schools.

Dr Julian Parfitt - presenting on urban sustainability in Riyadh and Jeddah

Dr Julian Parfitt - out and about in December 2010 presenting in Riyadh and Jeddah as part of a team of experts from UK and US presenting on issues of urban sustainability.

The Runaway Climate Challenge (Oxfordshire’s Community Climate Conference)

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.

Resource Futures’ projects receive well-deserved awards

Resource Futures is delighted that the past year has been so successful for many of the projects we run or have been involved in.

Home composting bins diverting 150kg of waste a year

Work undertaken by Resource Futures on behalf of WRAP has found that on average home composting bins divert 150kg of waste a year from the household waste stream

Resource Futures' representatives - out and about in Autumn 2010

Representatives from Resource Futures have been out and about presenting at a number of events and conferences in the UK and abroad during autumn 2010. This included a presentation by Dr Julian Parfitt at the Resource Recycling Conference (25th-27th October 2010) in San Antonio, Texas on the subject of 'Recycling's key issues in Europe'. For details of this and other presentations see below.

Recently published articles

Dr Julian Parfitt. Published in Resource Magazine 8th September 2010: 'Lifting the lid: the first 140 years of the UK dustbin'  

Project Synopses

Resource Futures helps WRAP understand recent reductions in food waste

Resource Futures has recently helped WRAP to estimate how much household food waste has decreased nationally in recent years, with the recently published “Synthesis of Food Waste Compositional Data 2010” 

Best estimates ever of what’s in our rubbish

Defra has published a study carried out by Resource Futures which provides the best estimates to date of what’s in the ‘national rubbish bin’.

Research into reuse of household items through online portals

In 2011, Resource Futures carried out WRAP funded research into how household items are reused through online portals such as eBay, Freegle and Gumtree.  The research included a detailed survey on internet user habits regarding online exchange and sought to understand the reasons for not using such sites.  

News and Events

Community RePaint: A Helping Hand for Hearts and Minds in 2011

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 about to start at the beginning of 2012.    

Resource Futures seeks new Non-Executive Chair

Following restructuring during 2011 Resource Futures is now looking to strengthen its Board with a new Non-Executive Chair.  The company is forecasting a three-fold increase in its profit from 2% in the year ended March 2010 to 6% for the year ending March 2012.  The new position will join Chief Executive Officer Jane Stephenson MBE and Operations Director Sam Reeve, bringing independent scrutiny and advice to this successful business at Board level. 

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