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Circular economy

Fashion and coronavirus: ensuring a sustainable recovery

Policy briefing

24 May 2020

People want the fashion industry to change.
Report: Designing for a circular economy - lessons from The Great Recovery 2012-2016

Report

07 Mar 2016

What lessons can be learned from the work of The Great Recovery? From the spark of an idea to the growth of a network and beyond, we share some of our reflections and insights from the last four years.
Report: North sea oil and gas rig decommissioning and re-use opportunity

Report

08 Oct 2015

The Great Recovery team explore the circular economy opportunities associated with the decommissioning of North Sea Oil & Gas assets in our latest report.
Report: The Great Recovery - Rearranging the Furniture

Report

08 Sep 2015

Taking our unique design-focused approach to the circular economy, The RSA Great Recovery partnered with recycling and waste company SUEZ to ask the question: ‘How can we design better systems that will increase rates of re-use and reduce the quantity of bulky items reaching landfill and incineration?’
Breaking the mould: How Etsy and online craft marketplaces are changing the nature of business

Report

31 Aug 2014

We look at the emergence and impact of online craft marketplaces and consider what their growth might signal about the way business will change in the future.
Salvation in a Start-up?

Report

30 Apr 2014

Our report 'Salvation in a Start-up?' explores the factors behind the boom in self-employment and examines what life is really like for the growing numbers of people who now work for themselves.
Investigating the role of design in the circular economy Executive Summary

Report

31 May 2013

The Great Recovery project, launched in September 2012 by the Action and Research Centre at the RSA, aims to build a cross disciplinary design community that is equipped to support the development of an economy based on resource-efficient principles.
The Great Recovery Report

Report

31 May 2013

The Great Recovery project, launched in September 2012 by the Action and Research Centre at the RSA, aims to build a cross disciplinary design community that is equipped to support the development of an economy based on resource-efficient principles.
The Great Recovery: E-Waste

Report

01 Feb 2013

The Great Recovery is exploring the role of design within a new circular economic model by building informed and networked communities and investigating through a programme of workshops and events. In this first newspaper issue we focus on electronic waste (E-waste).