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How to act to increase progress towards circularity? Here are the lessons we learned from the setbacks, failures and success stories we encountered and witnessed.

Can steps in product repair and upgrade be taken over by social enterprises? We are looking for the keys to success in such collaborations and can already present a first case: the refurbishing of On Board Units (OBUs) for road tolling from Satellic by social enterprise WAAK.

To continue meeting demand and to maintain its market position, ACE Packaging looked for a sustainable alternative to the classic bread bag, in which a plastic film is sealed as a transparent window. New developments led to an innovative concept, where the bag consists entirely of paper and a ...

In future, vessels used for transferring offshore crew will be electric and will need to charge offshore. Damen Shipyards Group has developed a new charging concept.

With a large portion of single-use batteries ending up in landfills or being incinerated, newly developed biofuel cells are an ecofriendly energy source and a flexible, sustainable and economically viable alternative to (miniature) batteries in a wide range of (IoT) applications, such as health care ...

How can we develop solutions that support and make circular practices self-evident rather than inhibit them? The design of a circular strategy, the associated business model and, of course, the product itself determine how (easily) products, components and materials are used in a circular way, with ...

The processes associated with product life extension require a different approach, often involving manual labour. The cost of labour, staff shortages, and the need for efficiency, along with numerous practical obstacles, present significant challenges for product builders. Collaborating with social ...

Removable coatings allow coated interior products to be reused several times, which will significantly extend their lifespan and ensure recyclable waste streams at end-of-life. The PEELDESIGN project is investigating and optimising such coatings so that they can be used for interior applications, as ...