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Scaling up circular design: Exploring Dutch-Chinese collaboration

During the Dutch Design Week in October an online conference about circular design in China took place. Program Manager for CIRCO International Pieter van Os, together with creative director for Orange Creatives Mariet Schreurs, and Secretary for the Top Team Creative Industry Marijke Reuver, discussed the importance of China as a partner for the Dutch creative industry.

Toys that Last: a Circular Design Course

SGN presents "Toys that Last". A series of workshops for the global toy industry to stimulate the reuse, repair, and recycling of toys towards a circular economy.

International Hub event: knowledge & experience exchange amongst the Hub community

On December 8, CIRCO International and five of the International CIRCO Hubs gathered. An important reason for the recurring online event is to keep connected with the community, but also…

Designers in the driver seat in Hong Kong

This month Pieter van Os, Program Manager CIRCO International, visited Hong Kong as part of a larger trip through Asia. With a Dutch high profile delegation working on the intersection…

Circular design galore in Thailand

This month Pieter van Os, Program Manager CIRCO International, visited Thailand as part of a larger trip through Asia. Thailand is working hard on its Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) program and has…

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Cases: circular design for packaging
CIRCO across borders: The embassy of The Netherlands in Sri Lanka
CIRCO Tracks: in seven steps from linear to circular
Cases: circular design for textiles
What does a mattress have to do with a PET tray?

6 insights about Design for Recycling within the plastics sector During the Circular Plastics Conference 2022, attention was paid to all interdependent areas in the plastics value chain. From sorting…

Sowing circular design seeds in Singapore

Last week Pieter van Os, Program Manager CIRCO International, visited Singapore as part of a larger trip through Asia. Singapore turns out not to be the easiest country to get…

CIRCO Method now available through Singapore’s National Education Programme

Hewlett-Packard Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Management have partnered with SkillsFuture SG, Singapore’s National Education Programme for upskilling and continued learning, to uplevel the sustainable manufacturing and procurement capabilities…

Batteries and energy storage – improving the value chain of batteries

There is a rapid increase in the use of especially Li-ion batteries in consumer mobility, electronics and energy systems. These chains are still mostly linear, so that new raw materials…

First CIRCO Track in in South Westphalia completed

With the CIRCO Hub, the Efficiency Agency NRW (EFA) offers the CIRCO Track to help companies develop and design new, sustainable business models in the sense of the circular economy.…

CIRCO Hub Thailand: Demo workshop at Netherlands Embassy

During the month of September the Netherlands Embassy in Thailand is organizing a series of events under the name ‘Orange Green Days’. Today, as one of the events in this…

CIRCO Hub Wallonia: training in circular design for Walloon companies

CIRCO hub Wallonia officially launched this summer. The hub is supposed support the regional strategy for a circular Wallonia. The main focus of this hub is on the metal industry.…

Case: Modular sofas by Landal Greenparks and OT Design

"You cannot become circular as a single company; you have to cooperate with chain partners. Simply get started, conduct tests and try to improve. You will accelerate the development process…

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CIRCO presents Blended methodology on International Hub event

After implementing the Blended methodology for Circular Design Tracks in the Netherlands, CIRCO presented this method at their International Hub event in July. The event was attended by members of…

Design for Disassembly

To realize a sound circular business case, two things are needed: a circular business model and a circular design strategy. One of the resources that makes an important contribution to…

CIRCO and China explore circular collaboration opportunities

In May 2022, CIRCO explored whether the Netherlands and China can work more closely together on the transition to a circular economy from a design perspective. As part of the…

Effizienz-Agentur NRW becomes first CIRCO Hub in Germany

The Effizienz-Agentur NRW takes up the CIRCO method to support companies in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in developing new, sustainable business models and product adaptations in the sense of the circular…

CIRCO Tracks: in seven steps from linear to circular

The CIRCO methodology offers a design approach with which you design your circular value proposition (product, service, business model). Experienced trainers with specific theme knowledge will guide the group, of…

Milestone: CIRCO International active in 10 countries!

The month of July was dominated by the 1000th company that completed a CIRCO Track. A wonderful milestone on the way to the goal of training 4000 Dutch companies. But…

Cases: circular design for textiles

Are you interested to learn about what is already happening in the field of circular textiles? Take a look at this selection of Circular Design best practices for the textiles…

CIRCO across borders: The embassy of The Netherlands in Sri Lanka

Collaborating cross-border with embassies of the Netherlands is helping the proposition of the CIRCO Method towards potential partners. CIRCO has been working together successfully with the Embassy of the Netherlands…

Second International Cycling Track coming up

Working in the cycling industry and keen to learn how to apply circular design and business models? There is another international Circular Design workshop coming up, starting 21 April!

Cases: circular design for packaging

We have collected some Circular Design best practices for the plastics and packaging industry. We will update this overview regularly. Want to know more? Let us know!

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