Discover New Business Model to switch to Circular Economy
3 inspiring solutions in 3 different countries below!
€1.8 trillion is the net economic benefit Europe could have in 2030 by adopting circular economy principles!
What if the entire world switched to this new economic model?
For the third edition of Solutions&Co, we have focused on circular economy, this new economic model breaks with the traditional pattern of linear production (produce, use, dispose), and redefines products and services to minimize both waste and other harmful outputs.
We’ve drawn up a list of 3 inspiring solutions responding to the climate, energy, environment issues, of among the 50 business solutions shared by 20 of the greatest international media from all over the world, reunited for the event. This is the case of the initiatives of Mud Jeans, FIT4Circularity and USE-IT.
* MUD JEANS : the revolution of the fashion economy!
The world consumes about 80 billion new pieces of clothing every year, with devastating social and environmental consequences at each stage of the lifecycle. To address this massive challenge, Dutch circular denim brand MUD Jeans has launched an innovative approach that instead allows customers to rent jeans on a monthly or yearly basis. Returned jeans are then either sold as vintage jeans or upcycled into new ones. MUD Jeans allows customers to shop guilt free and do good for the environment, while looking fashionable and modern! They are present in 26 countries, maybe your?
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* FIT 4 CIRCULARITY : One program, many companies, zero bad consuming!
The Fit 4 Circularity program facilitates and accelerates the transition of the Luxembourgian SME towards a circular economy. The program primarily focuses on identifying and assessing the growth of a business and integrating it in a global gait of innovation.
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* USE-IT : When technologies and green economy join forces!
How do you divert waste from landfill and create jobs in the green economy? Ask USE-IT, they did it! For this team, circular economy could provide the answers to South Africa’s chronic unemployment. The nation’s recycling industries are undeveloped compared with Europe’s but if waste is turned into a resource, it could create thousands of new job opportunities.This article will examine how companies such as USE IT are contributing to a flourishing circular economy at the tip of the continent.
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