Louise Whitaker
@louisewhitaker.bsky.social
Circular economy specialist in telco industry. Background in coffee and agricultural supply chains, combines sustainability and marketing roles. Loves to run, walk, swim and paddle. Often exploring Welsh trails and beaches with a 4-legged speckly friend.
How can we build a local culture of reuse in a city? How can we get unused devices from orgs to people who need them, and make this model self sustaining? These are questions we’re excited to explore as we extend our work with Coventry Council in our recently announced partnership. #circulareconomy
Virgin Media O2 and Coventry City Council scale groundbreaking tech reuse partnership to tackle e-waste and support more people to get online - Virgin Media O2
Virgin Media O2 and Coventry City Council are expanding the #CovConnects programme to rehome more unused devices with people who need them...
news.virginmediao2.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
How can we build a local culture of reuse in a city? How can we get unused devices from orgs to people who need them, and make this model self sustaining? These are questions we’re excited to explore as we extend our work with Coventry Council in our recently announced partnership. #circulareconomy
Online retailers now have to help pay for collection and recycling of electronic waste www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK businesses to benefit as online platforms pay their fair share to recycle electrical waste
Bill for recycling waste electricals to shift towards online marketplaces to create a level playing field for UK retailers
www.gov.uk
August 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Online retailers now have to help pay for collection and recycling of electronic waste www.gov.uk/government/n...
Thank you @bikeabilityuk.bsky.social Wales. Huge confidence boost for my nephew and a great space to try out adapted bikes. ❤️ so important that he gets to exercise - and he can’t wait to go back! Fab to see so many other families all loving the feeling of freedom that cycling brings
August 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thank you @bikeabilityuk.bsky.social Wales. Huge confidence boost for my nephew and a great space to try out adapted bikes. ❤️ so important that he gets to exercise - and he can’t wait to go back! Fab to see so many other families all loving the feeling of freedom that cycling brings
Build it and they will come! One year after digging the pond we have a newt! Amazed at how much wildlife we have in the garden after some nature friendly planting and digging a pond. Dog not so interested 🙃
June 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Build it and they will come! One year after digging the pond we have a newt! Amazed at how much wildlife we have in the garden after some nature friendly planting and digging a pond. Dog not so interested 🙃
Great to see UK government taking circular economy seriously as part of their future strategy www.gov.uk/government/s... hoping electronics and Ewaste will enter the strategy soon given we have the 2nd highest Ewaste per capita in the world….
Environment Secretary Steve Reed - Circular Economy speech
Speech by Environment Secretary Steve Reed at the Dock Shed in London, setting out his vision for a circular economy
www.gov.uk
April 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Great to see UK government taking circular economy seriously as part of their future strategy www.gov.uk/government/s... hoping electronics and Ewaste will enter the strategy soon given we have the 2nd highest Ewaste per capita in the world….
Windy but lovely.
April 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Windy but lovely.
Playing out! A roadside picnic, biking/ scooting/ in- road tennis, and chalk drawing. Not to mention meeting new neighbours and a 92 year old neighbour who loved chatting to the children. My sister and neighbours are creating a Play Out /Play street and it was fab! playingout.net/play-streets...
April 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Playing out! A roadside picnic, biking/ scooting/ in- road tennis, and chalk drawing. Not to mention meeting new neighbours and a 92 year old neighbour who loved chatting to the children. My sister and neighbours are creating a Play Out /Play street and it was fab! playingout.net/play-streets...
Thanks @ianwalker.bsky.social for my ‘new to me’ refurbished AirPods from @backmarketofficial.bsky.social All set with a good book, some fab tunes from Welsh band @cvcband.bsky.social and some bright sunshine for a blast on the train over to Prague.
March 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Thanks @ianwalker.bsky.social for my ‘new to me’ refurbished AirPods from @backmarketofficial.bsky.social All set with a good book, some fab tunes from Welsh band @cvcband.bsky.social and some bright sunshine for a blast on the train over to Prague.
Great research from GSMA launched today Mobile Phones: The Business Case for Circularity. Consumer interest in refurbished phones continues to grow as a way to save money, get a higher end device and minimise environmental impact. It shows circularity as a business opportunity- a view I champion!
Rethinking Mobile Phones: The business case for circularity
Rethinking Mobile PhonesThe business case for circularity Consumer trends, regulatory requirements, and growing impacts of e-waste are converging to challenge the traditional linear business model of ...
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February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Great research from GSMA launched today Mobile Phones: The Business Case for Circularity. Consumer interest in refurbished phones continues to grow as a way to save money, get a higher end device and minimise environmental impact. It shows circularity as a business opportunity- a view I champion!
Beaches often look clean, but look closely and you’ll spot the microplastic- washed up, and trodden into the soils- often where the cows graze. We can’t just recycle more and make more from recycled plastic. Reducing plastic consumption means cupboards (and the fridge!) look different, but better.
February 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Beaches often look clean, but look closely and you’ll spot the microplastic- washed up, and trodden into the soils- often where the cows graze. We can’t just recycle more and make more from recycled plastic. Reducing plastic consumption means cupboards (and the fridge!) look different, but better.
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Great to see!!
A proposal by the City of London to encourage reuse of existing buildings and other circular economy measures will become policy within the coming weeks, the authority has announced
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/city-of...
A proposal by the City of London to encourage reuse of existing buildings and other circular economy measures will become policy within the coming weeks, the authority has announced
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/city-of...
January 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Great to see!!
A proposal by the City of London to encourage reuse of existing buildings and other circular economy measures will become policy within the coming weeks, the authority has announced
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/city-of...
A proposal by the City of London to encourage reuse of existing buildings and other circular economy measures will become policy within the coming weeks, the authority has announced
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/city-of...
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There's a very exciting marketing/comms job going at @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk! If you've got the right skills and want to make a difference for the mobility and equal access of disabled people, give this a look wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/new-job-alert/
Campaigning for inclusive cycling, Wheels for Wellbeing
Wheels for Wellbeing is an award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of cycling.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
January 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
There's a very exciting marketing/comms job going at @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk! If you've got the right skills and want to make a difference for the mobility and equal access of disabled people, give this a look wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/new-job-alert/
Circularity is often thought about only through a material use lens. However reuse, repair and redistribution has huge social and economic benefits for people too, as the report on reusing devices from @green-alliance.org.uk shows green-alliance.org.uk/publication/...
Making the connection: ending digital exclusion with reused devices » Green Alliance
Green Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment
green-alliance.org.uk
January 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Circularity is often thought about only through a material use lens. However reuse, repair and redistribution has huge social and economic benefits for people too, as the report on reusing devices from @green-alliance.org.uk shows green-alliance.org.uk/publication/...
Dog kindly helping with the garden bird count (although I think she’d rather be pointing at them outside)
January 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Dog kindly helping with the garden bird count (although I think she’d rather be pointing at them outside)
It’s the RSPB’s garden birdwatch this weekend- the largest garden wildlife study in the world with over 600k watchers! Sign up here- it’s just an hour of your time. community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/rs...
Ready, Steady, Register - RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2025
Registration has opened for the RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch. Discover why the survey is so important, the winner and losers in the garden bird world from previous years, how to take part, and the top five birds spotted across the UK last y...
community.rspb.org.uk
January 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It’s the RSPB’s garden birdwatch this weekend- the largest garden wildlife study in the world with over 600k watchers! Sign up here- it’s just an hour of your time. community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/rs...
Thank you Swansea. Needed a dose of good news this week! Lovey to see The Swansea Positive at the station
January 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Thank you Swansea. Needed a dose of good news this week! Lovey to see The Swansea Positive at the station
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Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.
Amazing murmurations on the Somerset levels tonight. Thousands and thousands of starlings. A fabulously calming and grounding way to start the silly season
December 22, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Amazing murmurations on the Somerset levels tonight. Thousands and thousands of starlings. A fabulously calming and grounding way to start the silly season