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The latest news, research and thought leadership from the UK’s leading employee-owned sustainability consultancy.

14 March 2025

Key industry forum resets as it seeks greater role in waste and resources policy development

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20 February 2025

As well as continuing its efforts to reach those in remote rural areas with less access to WEEE repair and reuse – Fixy’s second phase saw it play a leading role in establishing pink electrical bin trials in flats.

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22 January 2025

Partnership between leading waste composition specialist and circular economy technology firm looks to harness transformative potential of data in the sector. Resource Futures and Dsposal have agreed a formal partnership that will see them combine resources and teams to further their ambitions to transform the use of data intelligence in the waste and resources sector. …

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2 December 2024

Resource Futures will take on the management of multiple award winning Recofloor programme as of November 2024, after flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyfloor commissioned it to oversee the day-to-day operations of their scheme to recover and recycle vinyl flooring in the UK. Originally conceived as part of a WRAP pilot project and previously managed by …

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28 October 2024

CIWM South West’s next event – focused on waste management policy changes – will take place at Resource Futures’ offices in Bristol.

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16 October 2024

Our paint circularity initiative Community RePaint has hit yet another milestone after its Wirral RePaint centre redistributed its one millionth litre of paint. Community RePaint Wirral – which is run by Recipro – receives paint from a number of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in the area as well as collecting donated leftover paint from …

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19 September 2024

Our director Gwen Frost and CEO Sam Reeve have been recognised in this year’s Resource Hot 100, with Sam also being inducted into the prestigious Environment 100.

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5 September 2024

Two of Resource Futures’ projects – Community RePaint and Fixy – have been shortlisted for this year’s MRW National Recycling Awards.

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12 August 2024

Residents in a block of flats in Wells can now easily recycle their electricals with the launch of a Fixy-led pilot project in the Somerset city.

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8 August 2024

As part of the publication of this year’s Impact Report, CEO Sam Reeve shares his thoughts on the environmental and social progress we’re making as a business.

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17 May 2024

Resource Future’s mobile reuse initiative Fixy was recently shortlisted at the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management.

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25 January 2024

Zero Waste Scotland is looking for new circular entrepreneurs and businesses to take part in its FREE Meet the Market Programme.

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24 January 2024

Resource Futures was commissioned by Defra to investigate opportunities arising from potential amendments to retained EU law.

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12 December 2023

Resource Futures is working with the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions to pilot tools for environmentally sound management of plastic waste in more than 19 countries.

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21 September 2023

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

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18 September 2023

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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22 August 2023

Bristol’s Food Redistribution Group – chaired by Resource Futures – has launched a tool to help food businesses effectively redistribute surplus food to aid those in food poverty in Bristol.

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11 August 2023

Today, we launched our 2022-23 Impact Report – a celebration of the positive impact of our project delivery and business operations. Find out how we are working with our clients to create a sustainable world, and our priority areas for 2023-24.

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18 May 2023

Resources Futures has been contracted by Defra to explore the use and effectiveness of enforcement against littering, fly-tipping and dog fouling offences.

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11 May 2023

Resource Futures is to deliver a waste composition analysis for waste ‘as received’ at treatment and disposal facilities. The findings will be used as a baseline for packaging extended producer responsibility (pEPR) modelling.

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27 April 2023

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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20 March 2023

Contracted by Local Partnerships, Resource Futures will provide specialist technical input for developing a carbon assessment of a traditional return-to-retail deposit return scheme (DRS) and a digital DRS.

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7 March 2023

We will research how plastic pollution contributes to flooding events, the associated human health impacts, and to what extent it is getting worse, by exploring future trends in consumer plastic usage, population growth and climate change.

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16 January 2023

Resource Futures has been contracted by Defra to conduct research into end-of-life recreational boats which, when abandoned, can lead to harmful materials, such as hazardous chemicals, litter and microplastics, spreading in the marine environment.

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30 November 2022

Together with Surfers Against Sewage, we launched a Strategic National Action Plan to align the UK with the UNEA Treaty on Plastic Pollution and put an end to plastic pollution.

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11 October 2022

WRAP has commissioned Resource Futures to conduct a second phase of tool development on the Textiles 2030 environmental footprint calculator.

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10 October 2022

Volunteer waste reduction groups across Mid Devon and Teignbridge are ‘thriving’ thanks to the Community Action Groups Devon (CAG Devon) project which has helped them more than double the amount of carbon prevented from going into the atmosphere.

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5 October 2022

North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has commissioned Resource Futures to deliver a series of engagement sessions designed to introduce local community stakeholders to NLWA and identify opportunities to collaborate around the aims of the North London Waste Prevention Plan.

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19 July 2022

Research is commissioned by Zero Waste Scotland on behalf of Scottish Government will inform future policy decisions to address environmental issues of waste and plastic pollution associated with single-use cups.

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27 May 2022

Resource Futures has today published it’s third annual Impact Report, outlining the positive difference we’ve made in the last twelve months and showcasing some of the many programmes and projects we’ve delivered to tackle waste, cut consumption, and build a more sustainable world. As part of an ongoing commitment to the B Corp movement we …

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