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CAG Devon: ten years of community-led sustainability in Devon
2026 marks ten years since Community Action Groups Devon (CAG Devon) was established to support community-led sustainability and grassroots climate action across Devon.
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Community RePaint and Fixy shortlisted for national reuse award
The nominations for the Awards for Excellence recognise both projects’ innovative work in helping people repurpose everyday items.
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Professor Mike Shaver joins Resource Futures Board
We are delighted to announce Professor Mike Shaver as our new Non-Executive Director. Mike brings world-class expertise in sustainable materials and circular innovation.
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Fixy takes home International Green Apple Award for e-waste prevention work
Fixy has been awarded a Green Apple Environment Award for tackling e-waste and inspiring communities to embrace repair and reuse.
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Resource Futures nominated for two 2025 National Recycling Awards
Resource Futures has been recognised for advancing circularity and data innovation in the recycling and resource management sector.
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Four Resource Futures experts named in the 2025 Resource Hot 100
The 2025 Resource Hot 100 list has seen Gwen Frost, Bethan Jones, Sophie Walker and Tom Passmore recognised for their influence in driving positive change in the sector.
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CAG Somerset demonstrates the value of repair cafés at Fixfest 2025
CAG Somerset and Resource Futures joined more than 220 repairers, activists and organisers in London for Fixfest – a skill sharing event highlighting repair activities across the globe.
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Community RePaint hits 100 network members
Our longest-standing community project Community RePaint has celebrated a key milestone with the addition of its one hundredth network member.
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Working towards a regenerative future: inside our 2024-25 Impact Report
To coincide with the launch of our 2024-25 Impact Report, our CEO Sam Reeve reflects on the highlights, challenges and positive change that this financial year has brought.
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CAG Somerset continues to thrive as celebrates its second year
CAG Somerset is celebrating another successful year of significant recycling and reuse achievements among the community groups it supports.
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Sophie Walker wins 2025 Digital Transformation Leader packaging award
Our Data Intelligence Lead, Sophie Walker, has scooped up the award for Digital Transformation Leader at the inaugural Women in Packaging Excellence Awards.
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£1.5m fund to empower communities to act on reuse, repair and waste reduction
Communities across Devon are set to benefit from a major new initiative to be co-managed by Resource Futures, thanks to £1.5m in National Lottery funding.
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Fixy earns second consecutive award nod for innovation in reuse
Resource Futures has had a second nomination for an Award for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management thanks to the continued success of The Fixy Project.
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Resource Futures joins CIWM’s Policy and Innovation Forum
Key industry forum resets as it seeks greater role in waste and resources policy development
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Almost 6,000kg of electrical items collected as phase two of Fixy concludes
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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Resource Futures and Dsposal join forces to improve use of data intelligence in resources and waste
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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Multi-award winning Recofloor scheme now part of Resource Futures
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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Resource Futures to host CIWM South West policy event in Bristol
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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Community RePaint centre celebrates landmark with one million litres redistributed
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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Resource Futures leadership celebrated in Environment 100 and Resource Hot 100
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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Community RePaint and Fixy nominated for MRW National Recycling Awards
Two of Resource Futures’ projects – Community RePaint and Fixy – have been shortlisted for this year’s MRW National Recycling Awards.
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Fixy helps flat residents in Wells make the switch to recycling electricals
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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Our Impact: 2023-24 report goes live!
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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Fixy recognised at Recycling and Waste Management Excellence awards
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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Budding circular businesses invited to ‘Meet the Market’
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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Policy research identifies enablers for circular economy
Resource Futures was commissioned by Defra to investigate opportunities arising from potential amendments to retained EU law.
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Technical support pilot to improve national plastic waste reporting
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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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.
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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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Bristol’s food industry acts on food waste with new redistribution tool
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.