Case studies and articles

Product maintenance, repair

Open loop upcycling

Chemical and Plastic

Food and Beverage

Renew: a life's commitment to Eileen Fishers garments

Eileen Fisher 'Renew is a take'back and reuse program that preserves the value of own brand clothes at every stage, in any condition.

Design for repair

Own brand second-hand sale

Takeback programmes

Design for recycling - product trimmings and construction (Textiles specific)

New Edinburgh circular economy initiative kicks in as festivals end

The Fringe Swap Shop aims to re-use everything from costumes, stage props and billboards to minimise waste and preserve raw materials

Takeback programmes

Design for minimal waste

Design for recycling

Design for repair

Design for resource efficiency

Management, enrichment

Part recovery

Closed loop collection

Second-hand sale, distribution

Waste Management

Subscription model and monitoring system for baby clothing

Danish VIGGA.us is the founder of an award-winning business model for a circular economy in the textile industry. VIGGA™ is a maternity and kids wear brand.

Subscription-based products

Sensors, monitoring systems

Designing clothes for reuse

From a successful campaign on Kickstarter, Uztzu created the "World's First Four In One T-shirt." The shirts are designed so that there is no back, no front, no outside, no inside.

Refurbishment, repair (Textiles specific)

Pre-worn jeans, each unique and with a story

The 'Breakers Club' employs locals to wear HUIT raw denim for 6 months in order to break in the denim. HUIT then collects the denim, professionally cleans and sells them again.

Water efficiency

Design for product attachment, emotional durability

Cross-industry projects, pilots

Denmark's First Circular House - Research Project

The objective was: build a house from which 90% of the materials can be reclaimed without loss of value.

Design for disassembly

Design for modularity

Construction Materials and Products

Construction and Real Estate Services

Recycling en hergebruik

fully recyclable steel

Design for recycling

Design for minimal waste

Construction Materials and Products

Reusable, modular diapers with refillable components

https://www.gdiapers.com/

Design for modularity

Sale of refillable parts

Reusable sanitary pads

A Social Enterprise working in the healthcare space.

Healthcare Services

Design for bio-degradability

Reusable diaper

Reusable sanitary pads

Give-back and empower others

The THINX Foundation offers reusable panties that serves as pads during periods.

100% organic and compostable t-shirt

C&A has created it's first GOLD level C2C certified T-shirt, available from 2017. The items are made up of 100% organic cotton and can be recovered via decomposition, reuse or recycling.

Design for recycling - mono-materials

Alternative bio-based materials and inputs

Non-toxic materials and inputs

Reusable baby wipes

Cheeky Wipes promotes reusable sanitary products as an alternative to disposable ones.

Design for bio-degradability

About | Ostara Nutrient Recovery

Ostara helps protect precious natural resources by transforming how nutrients are managed from source to field.

Preservation, conservation

Energy Utilities and Independent Power Producers

Water efficiency

Renewable energy, fuels

Data analytics, modeling

Food and Beverage

Agriculture

Dwellings designed with and for refugees

Better Shelter is designed to help the millions of people worldwide who have fled armed conflicts, persecution or natural disasters, who have often been through traumatic experiences, and who face an

Give-back programmes

Joint product development

Construction Materials and Products

Design for modularity

Design for Appropriate Lifecycles

The project – Circular Design Speeds – will be an industry-embedded pilot study, exploring the impact of different speeds of fashion with the aim to generate commercial garments.Mistra Future Fashion

Design for physical durability

Design for recycling

Design for recycling - mono-materials

Design for bio-degradability

Design for repair

Design for product attachment, emotional durability