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RE:using Resources

The linear economy has little respect for the earth's raw materials, extracting finite resources and ignoring the waste that's generated.

Circular economic models are now seeking to replace this linear approach and change the underlying principles of our financial structures. In a circular economy, we look at waste not as a problem, but as a resource in the wrong place.

Discover inspiring stories and insights that show how we can design waste and pollution out of our systems by using regenerative materials and extending their lifecycles.

Resortecs

Resortecs has created a solution to the fashion industry's waste crisis that keeps materials in the value chain and respects the boundaries of the planet. If this solution was implemented industry-wide, it could save 200 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.

Fuel From Forest Waste

DIscover how Tom Hobby's Yosemite Clean Energy deals with the excess timber created by modern forestry to transform wood waste into renewable green hydrogen and natural gas. Yosemite Clean Energy is a member of the Sustainable Markets Initiative's Hydrogen Task Force.

Recycling Waste Water

Based in New Delhi, Absolute Water transforms sewage waste into safe drinking water using specially-bred worms to remove micropollutants as the first part of the filtration process.

Circularise

Using blockchain technology to track raw materials through supply chains and around the circular economy.

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