Circular Design: Rethinking Products
What if fewer components meant more innovation? Nicola Stattmann on reducing 50 parts to 5, why circular design cuts costs,…
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Patrick Hypscher
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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…
PadMad – Upcycling Textiles for Menstrual Health & Girl’s Education
This crisis leads to girls missing school and exams, forces them to improvise pads with unhygienic materials, and leaves them…
Sea Ventures – Turning Fish Waste into Animal Feed
Sea Ventures upcycles 60-70% fish waste into animal feed - Kenya gap 33M tons (needs 55M, produces 22M). Women training,…
E-Waste Initiative Kenya – Repairing and Reusing Electronics
EWIK repairs refurbishes e-waste Nairobi/5 cities, 6-month youth training with young mothers childcare support, research mapping value chain for EPR…
Africa Collect Textiles and Green Forest Solutions – The need for global EPR systems
ACT tackles textile waste through collection/upcycling. Alternate EPR pilot: Netherlands schemes pay fees for Kenya-bound secondhand, funding infrastructure.