Case studies and articles

Deciding on which circular strategy to implement strongly influences the financeability of a business. Especially businesses that choose a Product-as- a-Service strategy.

The emissions reduction commitments made by 195 countries at the COP 21 Paris Agreement, are not sufficient to limit global warming to 1.5 °C.

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In order to successfully transition towards a circular economy, different actors have underlined circularity measurement as a key step and some initiatives have already been developed.

The circular Construction and demolition sector is set up radically differently than the current, linear chain.

Kniterate is a compact digital knitting machine that brings fashion fabrication into small workshops. It is perfect for small fashion businesses and design studios, makerspaces and schools.

Accenture's book outlines the various opportunities in the circular economy as a result of a wide research of various companies implementing circular economy concepts.

Auping aims to make exclusively 100% recyclable products and have all its processes set up in a circular manner by 2020.

Orange Climate develops, produces and imports innovative and sustainable systems and components for climate control.

SunPower takes a holistic approach to sustainability, ensuring that our Direct Current solar panels not only provide sustainable energy, but are manufactured in a very sustainable way.

The Byfusion process converts 100% plastic waste of all types into an alternative building material called RePlast.

Mobypark enables private parking owners such as hotels, companies, universities, hospitals, etc. and individuals to rent out their parking space at times they don’t use it.

EquipmentShare is a digital marketplace for contractor to contractor rental of equipment and machines.

Square Roots brings together technology, entrepreneurship, and a love for local, real food to empower leaders in urban agriculture. Ten real food entrepreneurs grow local, tasty, food inside hydrop

Jan Snel produces flexible, modular buildings and semi-permanent housing solutions for each market segment - from a single office space to a complete school community, and from care centers to bank

Spiders produce silk fibers with remarkable properties including high tensile strength, elasticity, durability and softness.

Girlfriend Collective produces clothing in as transparent a way as possible. The company choses every part of the process, from raw materials to facilities to partners, with care.

France has now become the first country in the world to ban plastic plates, cups and utensils.

The Portland transit system, known as TriMet, is composed of buses, light rail (or metro) and trams (or streetcars) and is routinely ranked as one of the best cities for transit in the United State

The Californian city of San Francisco has unanimously voted to outlaw a huge variety of plastic products, one of the most extensive plastic bans in the USA.

Instock partnered with a local brewery to produce a beer made from bread waste. The bread beer tastes like a Weizen and uses different types of bread in the brewing process.

HAUT is the new icon on the Amstel. This 73 meters high building will soon be the highest wooden residential tower in The Netherlands.

Joolz is an Amsterdam-based manufacturer of prams and strollers.

Leapp's mission is to make Apple products more widely available. The company provides refurbishment services for all Apple products, giving them a second life.

Turo enables people to borrow their neighbor's cars.

Gryaab is a wastewater treatment plant that processes the sludge via digestion to produce biogas. To increase the production of biogas Gryaab takes grease and food waste from restaurants, schools a

Using technology that is used to look for water on other planets, Utilis analyzes satellite imagery to detect leaks and non-revenue-water.

Utilities Kingston manages and maintains the lighting infrastructure in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Jaques Samuel Pianos is originally founded in 1935 in Notting Hill, London. It is also the UK agent for Poland’s premier specialist restoration factory, Piano Fiks.

Slatwater Brewery in Florida has developed and released 'edible' six-pack rings for beer cans. The packaging is 100% biodegradable and edible for sea birds and other animals.

Panasonic introduced the new Econavi system; combining human sensor and control program technology to detect and reduce energy waste.

The Professorship for Polymer Engineering of Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle, The Netherlands developed a new technology for the beneficial re-use of end-of-life (EoL) thermoset

SailTime is an innovative new approach to boat access and ownership that makes it easier, quicker and more economical for aspiring captains to take the helm of a sail or power boat anywhere in the

Published in May 2017, BS 8001 is the first practical framework and guidance of its kind for organizations to implement the principles of the circular economy and has been written in way so that it

In this report written by William Burckart (TIIP) and Jamie Butterworth (Circularity Capital), they examine the opportunities, challenges, and breakthroughs needed for investors to be able to finan

The Indian government has made the use of waste plastic in road construction mandatory to reduce plastic waste.

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Well House is a local nonprofit based in Grand Rapids in the United States. The organisation found that there are hundreds of abandoned houses and there are also hundreds of homeless people.

Oceanvolt provides various solutions for the electrification of boat propulsion systems.

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Arcona Yachts of Sweden, Oceanvolt Electric Engines of Finland, and UK Sailmakers have teamed up to create the first zero emissions cruising sailboat: the Arcona 380Z, where the “Z” stands for zero

The ROBOAT project will develop a logistics platform for people and goods, superimposing a dynamic infrastructure over one the world’s most famous water cities.

Solar Cloth System produces CIGS and aSiGe photovoltaic films encapsulated into flexible and structured textiles providing full protection for the solar modules.

EnergySail is revolutionary rigid sail device designed by Eco Marine Power that allows ships to harness the power of the wind and sun in order to reduce fuel costs plus lower noxious gas and carbon

Sirenmarine provides Connected Boat technology that enables monitoring of boats using a cell phone, tablet or computer.

The Municipality of Venlo used C2C principles in the design and procurement of the new Venlo City Hall.

A Circular Economy Handbook for Business and Supply Chains provides a guide to the circular economy, helping the reader create future-fit, sustainable strategies.

As part of the Nederland Circulair initiative by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, a variety of organisations within the healthcare industry gathered to jointly identify ways to

This paper conceptualises the concept of the ‘zero waste city’ and proposes a new tool to measure the performance of waste management systems called the ‘zero waste index’.