How can a mobile phone be made in a circular way? What about a sandwich?
In this episode, our founder Ellen MacArthur and Circular Design Programme Lead, Joe Iles, look at these two different elements of the circular economy. They discuss the flow of materials in the system, from technical processes such as reuse and repair, to regenerating nature.
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Today
What’s next for the plastics industry?
Over the past decade, leading businesses have shown that progress on plastic pollution is possible. And while individual company action has been successful, even the most ambitious businesses are running up against the same obstacles. As a result, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation h ... Show More
17m 16s
Feb 24
The hidden drivers enabling the circular economy
What do some of the more surprising stories of scale teach us about implementing the circular economy? In this episode of the Circular Economy Show, Fin is joined by Rachel O’Reilly, Global Human Sustainability Design Director at Accenture, to discuss their upcoming report. The r ... Show More
24m 14s
Feb 17
Circular snapshots: Competitiveness, critical minerals & textiles EPR
Welcome back to The Circular Economy Show and another episode of Circular Snapshots, where we unpack the headlines shaping the transition to a circular economy.This month, Seb explores the EU’s upcoming Circular Economy Act and its shift toward positioning circularity as industri ... Show More
6m 7s
Oct 2022
Savills Earth Series – Episode 1, The Circular Economy
Our experts discuss what is meant by the circular economy and what are some of the greatest challenges to achieving a circular economy in the property sector. Together, they explore what is meant by recycling and the circular economy and how it is being applied to real estate, fr ... Show More
29m 36s
May 2024
Talking ESG: The challenge – and promise – of a circular economy
<p>The concept of a circular economy emphasizes reducing, reusing, repairing, and recycling to minimize waste and maximize resource use in the context of a planet with finite resources. And as you’ll hear in this episode, circularity is increasingly becoming a business issue, bot ... Show More
37m 47s
Jan 2024
106: Building Blocks of Civilization: How the World Really Works
"Modern economies will always be tied to massive material flows, whether those of ammonia-based fertilizers to feed the still-growing global population; plastics, steel, and cement needed for new tools, machines, structures, and infrastructures; or new inputs required to produce ... Show More
1h 18m