Circular Furniture: How Vitra Circle Scales Refurb via Dealers
Can decades-old furniture fuel a profitable circular business? Rolf Keller on Vitra's B2B buyback model: 90% paid, 60–90% CO2 saved,…
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Circular Design: Systemic Innovation
Why design circular systems, not just products? Anne Farken of BMW's Designworks on integrating product, ecosystem, and business model thinking…
Circular Design: Rethinking Products
What if fewer components meant more innovation? Nicola Stattmann on reducing 50 parts to 5, why circular design cuts costs,…
Circular Design Principles: Overcoming Material Barriers
Why make disposables from materials built to last forever? BASF's Andreas Maegerlein on the plastic paradox: 80°C debonding adhesives, yellowing…
The Commercial benefits: Using recyclates in Washing Machines by V-ZUG
How do you scale recycled plastics beyond pilot projects? V-ZUG's sustainability leads on hitting 50-70% PCR in premium appliances at…
Feasibility & Desirability: How Bosch built a drill from post-consumer recycled plastics
Can recycled plastics pass Bosch's drop test? Isabelle Gola on closing the loop with 17-year-old tools, 500K data points, same…
Post-Consumer Recyclate: How to get organisational buy-in – The Vorwerk Case
How did Thermomix get 70% post-consumer ABS approved? Nhung Kieu and Michael Kroh on overcoming internal skepticism, pricing traps, and…
Recycled Plastics: How premium brands build a reliable supply – the HolyPoly approach
Can premium brands source reliable recycled plastics? HolyPoly's Fridolin Pflüger on the coming supply crunch, cost parity, and 60-80% carbon…
Chemicals – key challenge and core solution provider
95% of products contain chemicals. Henkel, VITO, RWTH Aachen, and Fraunhofer on scaling circular chemistry: depolymerization breakthroughs and the €25B…
Metals – A highly circular industry
Industry and policy leaders discuss the opportunities and constraints of creating a more circular metals system navigating rising demand and…
The Heart of Europe Collaboration
The conversation highlights need for shared infrastructures, coordinated industry support and policy alignment to make circular business models viable at…
Close the Gap – Refurbishing Electronics to Close the Digital Divide
IT Asset Disposition: collecting used IT devices from corporate partners, conducting data wipes, refurbishing or recycling, deploying to impact projects.