Resources

Notes on recovery, provenance and the circular economy.

How we think about the infrastructure the circular economy actually needs — from recovering critical minerals to proving a claim regulators will trust.

The gold mine in your bin: recovering critical minerals from e-waste

Every discarded phone and circuit board holds recoverable gold, palladium and rare earths. The barrier isn't chemistry — it's knowing what's there before you process it.

6 min read

Digital product passports, explained for people who have to build them

Regulators increasingly want a traceable record for every product. Here's what a passport actually needs to contain, and how to generate one without manual effort.

8 min read

The circular economy doesn't have an ambition problem. It has a data problem.

More targets than ever, and materials still leaking out of the economy at every step. The missing layer isn't more policy — it's connected, trustworthy data.

5 min read

Why the next wave of circularity is local

Keeping materials, value and jobs circulating within a region beats shipping waste across the world. What it takes to stand up a local circular hub that works.

7 min read

If you can't prove it, you can't sell it: responsible AI in material recovery

Recovered materials and carbon claims live or die on provenance. How explainable, auditable AI turns a recovery decision into a defensible record.

6 min read

Following a T-shirt: what fibre-level traceability really takes

Fashion's circularity claims outrun its data. A look at what it takes to trace a garment from raw fibre to resale to recycling — and prove it.

7 min read

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