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16th July 2019 Circular Glasgow is proud to once again be supporting Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) and their award-winning campaign Now in its third year, the digital campaign showcases the range and diversity of career paths that are followed after school. Receiving exam results can be a mixture of joy and excitement but also…

16th July 2019 Scots are recycling more food waste than ever with the total volume and its associated carbon savings leaping by more than 40% in recent years, according to new reports published by Zero Waste Scotland. Findings from the Scottish anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas sector survey 2017, as well as the Scottish composting…

15th July 2019 ScottishPower, along with Glasgow City Council, revealed a bold new vision to transform Glasgow into the UK’s first ‘Net Zero’ city. With Scotland having set itself a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2045, the two organisations will start work on a range of programmes to ensure the country’s largest city reaches this target first.…

13th July 2019 Launch Foods, a social enterprise, provides hot, nutritious meals to children after their school day and during the holidays. In 40 weeks, the Launch team provided over 45,000 free meals from their American-style food trucks across the city. The venue’s catering partner, SEC Food, will give surplus event food to Launch who…

19th June 2019 Last week, Young Enterprise Scotland hosted the second final for their Circular Economy Challenge after a successful first round of business ideas were showcased at Hampden Park last year. This time around, primary school pupils from across the West of Scotland pitched their circular business ideas at the Lighthouse in Glasgow –…

13 June 2019 Glasgow’s next generation of business leaders are being asked to develop circular initiatives that can be embedded within a shopping or retail environment, as part of this year’s St. Enoch Centre Art Competition. Working in partnership with St. Enoch Centre, Circular Glasgow have challenged pupils in Govan, Hillhead and Notre Dame High…

The Scottish Government has announced the design of the national Deposit Return Scheme, a blueprint for a world-class recycling system that makes it easy for everyone to recycle their bottles and cans. Scotland is the first nation in the UK to commit to a scheme which is proudly ambitious and it has been tailored to…

  Run a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable office with Resource Efficient Scotland’s new Green Office Guide Do you work in an office? Is it as green as you would like it to be? Would you like to make a difference and reduce your office’s environmental impact with some quick low- and no-cost ideas? If so,…

Circular Glasgow is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for a circular award that celebrates the most innovative sustainability projects across the UK. In the running for Circular Economy Project of the Year at the BusinessGreen Leader Awards, Circular Glasgow will represent Scotland as one of the few Scottish projects shortlisted across the…

  As part of a bid for Glasgow to become a leading circular city, we brought one of the world’s most sustainable buildings to the city centre as part of an informative hub that inspired a rethink, reuse, repair and recycle approach. Circular Hub, an exhibition designed by local studio ilka, used only re-purposed or…