Circulareconomy

Recently, a new wave of entrepreneurs and investors have taken up the challenge of accelerating the circular transition… — (This article was originally published byMIT Technology Review Arabia. For the link, please see here) The idea behind the circular economy is simple. If the current economy is a mass production for mass disposal, the alternative economy would reduce how much materials we need to take from the planet while…

Building Sustainable Businesses that Scale and Change the World — We are consuming more resources than our planet can handle. Every day $111B is spent in the US alone on an insane number of consumer goods producing an unfathomable 728k tons of garbage (or 63k garbage trucks) per day filling our landfills. And that is just the US. And worldwide…

C’est hyper important pour nous que Beebs s’adresse aux parents et pas à un seul genre car, historiquement, le marketing sur les produits… — C’est hyper important pour nous que Beebs s’adresse aux parents et pas à un seul genre car, historiquement, le marketing sur les produits pour enfants a souvent été très genré, et donc créateur d’amalgames, de raccourcis. Ils sont le cœur de la fondation, celles et ceux qui nous font partager…

Branded resale technology platform Recurate has raised $14 million in Series A funding to power a new suite of services and integrations… — Branded resale technology platform Recurate has raised $14 million in Series A funding to power a new suite of services and integrations for its growing roster of brand partners. Recurate’s platform helps brands compete with peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces such as Depop, ThredUP, Tradesy and Poshmark, which typically leave retailers and…

How to be a consumer that support sustainable business models that see waste as a resource — With the exception of a couple of questions, each question gave the reader two options to choose from. The two questions that didn’t follow this guideline, provided the reader no choice at all, because the instagram account owner had already made up their mind on the answers to each of…

Bring circularity into your shopping routine by repairing second hands products or your own wardrobe well-loved items — Today, we’re taking a closer look into the ‘Repair’ principle of circular design. For those of you who are just joining our circular journey, the ten principles have been created by the work of the City of Amsterdam, as part of their Circular City Strategy. We are taking a deeper…

Increasing efficiency of the machines in the production process or use fewer raw materials for the same product — Today, we’re taking a closer look into the ‘Reduce’ principle of circular design. For those of you who are just joining our circular journey, the ten principles have been created by the work of the City of Amsterdam, as part of their Circular City Strategy. …