Case studies and articles

Designer Tobias Juretzek develops rememberme furniture for Casamania.

Mandala Custom Homes provides modular, energy efficient homes.

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https://www.toyota-europe.com/finance-insurance/Toyota-Flex

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition is the apparel, footwear and textile industry’s foremost alliance for sustainable production.

Infarm, a vertical farming startup in Germany, wants to eliminate transportation time altogether with a mini-farm that grows lettuce and herbs right in grocery store aisles. 

Ragbag is a shopping bag that allows consumers to donate used items and extend their lifetime.

ScImage is a privately held, employee owned company providing state of the art enterprise imaging solutions to the healthcare industry. In the more than two decade history of ScImage, the company h

Gyre offers an alternative to prevent plastic bag waste. The Gyre bag is a patented technology that folds in 1 single motion to the size of a credit card.

Dutch luxury brand Claudia Sträter started running a program called ‘Share your Clothes.’ Through the program, Claudia Sträter buys back vintage clothes of their brand from customers for fixed pric

Re:Design is a pilot where Lindex Group partnered up with Re:textile at The Swedish School of Textiles in Borås to develop a collection of exclusive upcycled products made from denim garments from

Dutch water company Waternet is at the forefront of phosphorus recovery from sewage, a key fertiliser input.

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With more than 130 years of history, Tarkett is a worldwide leader of innovative and sustainable flooring and sports surface solutions.

To address the growing concerns around the deteriorating air quality, Kochi will roll out its first ever solar auto rickshaw service on August 15.

UTC requires its suppliers to meet expectations for ethics and compliance as set forth in the UTC Supplier Code of Conduct.

Consumer goods firm Procter & Gamble (P&G) has revealed that a new energy employee engagement initiative at manufacturing sites has improved energy efficiency and has seen the company hit a

Enterra accepts organic waste from farmers, grocery stores and food producers in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

Shuttel is a Dutch company of Volkswagen Pon Financial Services that provides an all-in-one card that gives employees access to all modes of transport.

Euro Asphalt Ltd., a UK-based company has developed RhinoPatch, a quick, permanent, sustainable, joint-free, infrared surfacing and pothole repair system.

TKI Dinalog (Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics) has developed a project focusing on cargo hitching, which combines passenger and freight transport in one vehicle.

Closing The Loop is an Amsterdam-based company that specialises in mobile phone recycling.

In more than 80 Levi’s stores globally, the company has tailor shops that can repair, resize and res

3D printing is a pretty effective way to prototype and test out products. To scale any mass production of items kinda turns out expensive because of the high cost of raw materials.

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http://cphsolutionslab.dk/street-lab/

eYeka focuses on the collective intelligence and creative power of crowds.

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http://www.optaminerals.com/Abrasives/Greengrit.html

Czech automaker Skoda has announced a new sustainability strategy called GreenFuture aimed at making its cars more fuel-efficient and improving water and energy eco

Farm from a Box provides communities with the tools required to grow their own food and earn an income.

The Recover Upcycled Textile System regenerates cotton fiber from old clothing and scraps from the cutting room floor.

Czech automaker Skoda has announced a new sustainability strategy called GreenFuture aimed at making its cars more fuel-efficient and improving water and energy eco

Renault's Choisy-le-Roi plant near Paris illustrates the circular economy approach in its production of standard replacement parts.

A pilot was started in Groningen in the Netherlands to takeback small electrical appliances, like electric toothbrushes and coffeemakers.

Czech automaker Skoda has announced a new sustainability strategy called GreenFuture aimed at making its cars more fuel-efficient and improving water and energy eco

Handshake is an app and a website that allows you to negotiate a price for your personal data directly with the companies that want to buy it.

Jaguar's research into recycled aluminium includes the REALCAR and REALCAR 2 projects.

The Fairphone 2 is the first modular phone on the market that is designed for repairability.

An unused office building in Exeter, UK, has been converted into a gourmet mushroom farm in the middle of the city.

The Restart Project is a people-powered platform for change, helping demand emerge for more sustainable, better electronics.

The Problem:

The global textiles industry is stuck in a linear approach to growth.

The Problem

This report examines the waste management sector in Europe in 2017, including recent policies concerning the transition towards a circular economy.

This report lists the opportunities and obstacles for the next steps towards a more circular economy in the Netherlands and outlines action perspective for the government, especially in terms of ho

"The Bihar brick industry is currently based on decentralized production activity using energy intensive, resource depleting and highly polluting technologies and production methods with Fixed Chim

The ALMANAC project (Secure and Intelligent Internet of Things for Smart Cities) developed a Smart City Platform (SCP) with the aim to integrate Internet of Things (IoT), capillary networks and met