The Great Recovery

The Great Recovery is an RSA project launched in September 2012 supported by Technology Strategy Board and key industrial players.

Provide your learners with knowledge about how products and systems can be better designed using the RSA project, The Great Recovery. The Great Recovery video highlights the need for eveyone involved in the design process to work together to contribute to a circular economy model. While the What’s in your mobile phone? video gives context to the use of elements and will help your learners grasp the complexity and wide use of chemicals in everyday objects.

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