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Creating a Sustainable World

Enabling positive management of material resources

We are waste and resources experts. Working with business, governments, local authorities and communities to minimise the impact of production and consumption through reduction, reuse, recycling and circular business models.

Our Services

Behaviour Change

Realising our vision to create a sustainable world is inextricably linked to achieving significant and lasting behaviour change

Carbon

From carbon footprinting to life cycle analysis, our niche service is proven to help clients understand and strengthen their business case

Circular Economy

We help businesses prevent waste and keep materials in use longer, supporting your transition to circular products and business models.

Community Impact

Environmental challenges require collaboration and innovation at a local level. We empower people to improve their communities and quality of life.

Data and Tools

Data-driven decision-making is at the heart of any successful strategy. We’ll help you draw valuable insight from data and put it to use.

Policy

With 30-years’ heritage in waste and resources, our track record is one of working with government and industry to affect policy development.

Waste Strategy

We are the modelling and service change experts, developing effective waste management strategies for local authorities.

How do we help clients be more sustainable?

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Our Impact

Our focus has always been the impact of our work on people and the planet.

We produce an impact report every year as part of our commitment to being a B Corp.

This year’s report is a celebration of the positive impact of our 2022-23 project delivery and business operations.

Read all about our impact highlights, how we are working with our clients to create a sustainable world, and our priority areas for 2023-24.

Our Vision

Our vision is to create a sustainable world.
A world where we meet the needs of the present without compromising our future.

Our Approach

We seek to change the way resources are used.
Addressing challenging environmental problems to create lasting value for society.

Featured

News

Two rising stars recognised in 35 UNDER 35 Awards

Two Senior Consultants from Resource Futures – Archana Pisharody and Katie Powell – have been awarded ’35 UNDER 35’ status in the 2023 Letsrecycle.com’s 35 UNDER 35 Awards.

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Ambitious roadmap set to increase UK aerosol recycling

Using research conducted by Resource Futures, Alupro has launched a roadmap to help the non-beverage packaging industry meet ambitious 2030 recycling targets.

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Dr Nirmala Menikpura named in Marquis Who’s Who for dedication to climate change

The recognition celebrates Nirmala’s proven abilities to develop global-level environmental tools and models to assess climate change and resource circularity.

Insights

How we go beyond for our people

Caroline Beardkins, HR Manager at Resource Futures, explains how we are uniquely positioned to ‘go beyond’ for our people, to help them grow and thrive.

Our Work

The Fixy Project

Following research into reuse funded by Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP), Resource Futures found that public awareness of repair activities was low across Somerset and that transport was a key issue for both the public and community groups. The idea of the Fixy project – a mobile, awareness-raising repair van – was born and, thanks to …

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Ending plastic pollution with Surfers Against Sewage

What would it take to end plastic pollution… completely… forever?

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