Screengrab of the Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment ecosystem map

What we’ve learned about the (W)EEE ecosystem so far and what’s next

The Open Product Initiative is a collaborative project between Loughborough University, Open Data Manchester and Dsposal, with support from TechUK and Buyerdock. The aim is to explore the development of an open

A white woman with medium length, wavy, brown hair, smiling ahead of delivering a talk. The slide displayed on the projector behind her reads Open 3P: The role of an open standard in enabling full transparency in the plastics supply chain.

Continued Success for Packaging Data Project as Companies Gear up for EPR

Following the launch of the ground-breaking open standard for plastic packaging data, Open 3P, in September 2022, the consortium behind the project has secured additional funding from Innovate UK for Phase

A bale of plastic bottles crushed together

Watch back our Plastics event now – taking it from vilified problem to valued resource

Plastics are hugely valuable and useful, delivering massive societal value, Professor Mike Shaver from the University of Manchester explained to the audience gathered for our March Open:Data:Night. But there’s no such

A map showing population density combined with driving distances to local waste sites in Wales

Mapping how many people share UK recycling services

In July 2020, we were delighted to be part of a team awarded ODI Stimulus Fund money to develop an open data standard for public information about UK recycling. This has since

A map of recycling sites in Scotland

Making maps of recycling sites in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland

In July 2020, we were delighted to be part of a team that was awarded ODI Stimulus Fund money to develop an open data standard for public information about recycling in

A map showing the nearest place to take recycling in Wales

Rebooting our map showing the nearest place to take recycling in Wales

In July 2020, we were delighted to be part of a team that was awarded ODI Stimulus Fund money to develop an open data standard for public information about local recycling

A map showing drive-time distances to Household Waste Recycling Centres in Wales affected by the English-Welsh border

Visualising how long it takes for people to get to recycling sites in Wales

In July 2020, we were delighted to be part of a team that was awarded ODI Stimulus Fund money to develop an open data standard for public information about local recycling