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
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May
May
The Ethical Dilemma Café was back last month – and we were delighted to there in-person to be part of the event – at Feel Good Club in Manchester, part
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Mar
In December, we summarised what we found out in our first round of workshops researching how plastic packaging gets made. This work will enable us to design a Plastics Packaging Portal (PPP)
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Dec
Dec
In August, we revealed that we’d joined a consortium of organisations backed by Innovate UK and dedicated to dealing with the UK’s million-tonne plastic-packaging waste problem. Since then, we’ve been
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Nov
Nov
COP26 was billed as the most important global environmental talks since the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) where the ‘Paris Agreement’ was negotiated between 196 parties. This was
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Oct
Ahead of COP26, we’re convening a positive conversation with people who are tackling many, complex issues, from local to global efforts, using data to support their work.
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Aug
Aug
Open Data Manchester is delighted to have teamed up with fellow local social venture, and waste-data experts, Dsposal for a new Innovate UK R&D project created to help tackle the
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Jul
Open Data Manchester is working with two local environmental organisations on open data research and development (R&D) projects after a boost from the Open Data Institute (ODI) Stimulus Fund. With
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Jan
2019 was a year which has seen Open Data Manchester develop and establish itself with new programmes and partners. The continuation funding from Luminate and the ongoing sponsorship by the