For Policy Makers

What we can do for policy makers

You’re looking for robust evidence, expert insight and clear options to support policy development and waste and resources strategy, or to visualise your contribution to the circular economy. We’re data experts and circular economy thought leaders with decades of experience delivering world-class projects for UK and international clients. We’re here to support you in developing evidence-based strategies for data-driven, ambitious and effective waste prevention and re-use.

Our Services for Policy Makers

Circular Economy

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

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.

What our clients say

We tasked Resource Futures with revising and writing a new waste strategy for Herefordshire Council.

They quickly understood our requirements, engaging a range of stakeholders to agree strategic principles, enabling us to set ambitious new strategic goals and transforming our service for the future.

It’s a strategy we’ve now successfully adopted, and we are delighted to be implementing.

Joni Hughes

Herefordshire Council

Resource Futures supported us from ideation through to finished product. The project required deep understanding of commercial and environmental datasets, environmental law and best practice.

The final product allows our customers to interrogate data, analyse and forecast results, and extract insights specific to their business needs. Delivering value and actionable insight for years to come.

Will Ghali

Ecosurety

Resource Futures compiled insights into local reuse organisations and potential ways of working together to achieve more through reuse. Their report identified and highlighted factors experienced by existing groups which will help us shape initiatives that overcome barriers and explore opportunities.

It is an important piece of research that helps us improve reuse and repair across Somerset

Julie Searle

Somerset Waste Partnership

Working with Resource Futures has unlocked the power of The 2 Minute Foundation’s BEACH CLEAN app data.

We are now able to quantify findings and present powerful evidence to engage stakeholders. The individuals, groups and families taking part are contributing valuable information through citizen science that can be used for better decision making and direct efforts to keep our beaches free from litter.

Nicola Green

The 2 Minute Foundation

Resource Futures produced a thorough report, reflecting considerable stakeholder engagement, data collection and analysis.

The effort that has gone into this information gathering has been exceptional given the timing of this project over the pandemic.

The outputs are invaluable and will be used to inform actions which will make a real difference to our marine industries and environment.

Morag Campbell

Marine Scotland

Some of our experts…

Giorgios Rovolis

Principal Technology Officer
Georgios joined Resource Futures in January 2025 on a six-month secondment as part of a formal partnership between Dsposal and Resource Futures. He, along with the rest of the Dsposal team, are supporting the innovation and evolution of the data intelligence services delivered by Resource Futures....

Sophie Walker

Data Intelligence Lead, Principal Consultant
Sophie is an award-winning entrepreneur working at the intersection of the circular economy, technology, open standards and packaging. She is the CEO and Co-Founder of Dsposal, a Founding Director of its sister social enterprise Your Dsposal, a Founding Director of the not-for-profit GING Systems...

Danette O’Hara

Consultant
Danette joined Resource Futures as a Consultant in the Waste Strategy team. After studying psychology and starting out her career in HR, she switched over to sustainability and climate change where her passion lies. As well as having held a couple of more generalist sustainability roles, Danette...