It’s time for a circular economy

Through design, we can eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature, creating an economy that benefits people, business and the natural world.

What is a circular economy?

Through design, we can eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature, creating an economy that benefits people, business and the natural world.

Design

From ambition to action: an adaptive strategy for circular design

To achieve their circular economy ambitions, organisations need to leverage design systemically.

The Circular Economy Show Podcast

Experts discuss how the circular economy is being developed and scaled.

Biodiversity

Biodiversity examples

A collection of case studies that explore how biodiversity can benefit from circular economy.

Featured

Food

Webinar: Circular Design for Food - an introduction

This webinar has been designed to introduce participants to circular design for food and how to...

Network
Business

New organisations join the Foundation’s Network

We are pleased to welcome new Partners and Members to the Foundation’s Network

Cities

CCD report presents circular economy practices across European cities

The newly published Circular Cities Declaration (CCD) report celebrates the steps cities across...

Business
Design

Locked in: what is linear lock-in and how can we break free?

Everything from our infrastructure to our finance systems is set up to support the current linear...

Policy

Leading the circular economy transition: lessons from governments

To illustrate how different policy approaches are helping circular economy solutions to scale...

Business

Fashion

What’s mine is mine

Published on 23rd January 2023: Unpicking the psychological reasons people like to own things

Plastics

The Foundation will collaborate with WRAP and WEF to tackle plastic pollution

The Foundation’s Plastics Initiative is joining forces with the World Economic Forum’s Global...

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Fashion

Fashionomics Africa launches sustainable fashion competition

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Plastics

Negotiations officially began in Uruguay for a Global Plastics Treaty

Published on 7 December 2022

Climate

COP27: Key takeaways

Tackling the climate crisis needs more than clean energy: we need circular economy solutions

Education

Calling all teachers in Africa: inspire your students with our circular economy lesson plan

Education

Do you want to learn more about the circular economy? Join our new course

The Circular Economy Show

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Fashion
Design

Episode 61: Eliminate, circulate, regenerate

Streamed on Tuesday, 28th March 2023

Food
Climate

Episode 60: Regenerating nature

Streamed on 28th February 2023

Circular economy explained

Episode 59: Investigating, exploring, and showcasing the circular economy in 2023

Streamed on 31st January 2023

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Circular economy explained

Episode 58: Circular Economy Show 2022 review

Streamed on Tuesday 13th December 2022

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Fashion

Bringing the circular economy to the CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards

Streamed on 6th October 2022

Cities
Policy

New tools to help cities apply circular economy principles

Streamed on 27th September 2022

Design

Live from Summit 22: Design turns ambition into action

Streamed on 5th July 2022

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Business

Redesigning the economy: the power of data and digital technologies

Streamed on 24th May 2022

Biodiversity
Business

Tackling biodiversity loss with a circular economy: the role of businesses

Streamed on 26th April 2022

Business

Live from London: How do we accelerate innovation towards a circular economy?

Streamed on 31st March 2022

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Plastics
Policy

From ambition to action: we need a legally-binding treaty on plastic pollution

Streamed on 22nd February 2022

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Design
Business

Ingredients for business transformation

Streamed on 25th January 2022

Circular economy examples

Regenerative ocean farming: GreenWave

GreenWave’s polyculture ocean farming method produces a mixture of shellfish and seaweeds in a nature-positive way.

An open access, circular supply chain for t-shirts: Teemill

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Making new products from urban organic waste streams: De Clique

Pay for the product, not the packaging: Algramo

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Circular economy examples

Biodiversity
Food

Regenerative ocean farming: GreenWave

GreenWave’s polyculture ocean farming method produces a mixture of shellfish and seaweeds in a...

Fashion
Business

An open access, circular supply chain for t-shirts: Teemill

Teemill is a tech-based fashion business that takes a more holistic view of the fashion...

Food
Business

Making new products from urban organic waste streams: De Clique

“We are working towards zero-waste cities in which all residual flows are reused”

Plastics

Pay for the product, not the packaging: Algramo

Algramo is a system that allows customers to refill household products by using smart powered...

Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a circular economy

We develop and promote the idea of a circular economy. We inspire and work with business, academia, policymakers, and institutions across the globe. Our vision is an economic system that’s better for people and the environment.

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It’s time for a circular economy

From ambition to action: an adaptive strategy for circular design

The Circular Economy Show Podcast

Biodiversity examples

Featured

Webinar: Circular Design for Food - an introduction

New organisations join the Foundation’s Network

CCD report presents circular economy practices across European cities

Locked in: what is linear lock-in and how can we break free?

Leading the circular economy transition: lessons from governments

What’s mine is mine

The Foundation will collaborate with WRAP and WEF to tackle plastic pollution

Fashionomics Africa launches sustainable fashion competition

Negotiations officially began in Uruguay for a Global Plastics Treaty

COP27: Key takeaways

Calling all teachers in Africa: inspire your students with our circular economy lesson plan

Do you want to learn more about the circular economy? Join our new course

The Circular Economy Show

Episode 61: Eliminate, circulate, regenerate

Episode 60: Regenerating nature

Episode 59: Investigating, exploring, and showcasing the circular economy in 2023

Episode 58: Circular Economy Show 2022 review

Bringing the circular economy to the CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards

New tools to help cities apply circular economy principles

Live from Summit 22: Design turns ambition into action

Redesigning the economy: the power of data and digital technologies

Tackling biodiversity loss with a circular economy: the role of businesses

Live from London: How do we accelerate innovation towards a circular economy?

From ambition to action: we need a legally-binding treaty on plastic pollution

Ingredients for business transformation

Circular economy examples

Regenerative ocean farming: GreenWave

An open access, circular supply chain for t-shirts: Teemill

Making new products from urban organic waste streams: De Clique

Pay for the product, not the packaging: Algramo

Circular economy examples

Regenerative ocean farming: GreenWave

An open access, circular supply chain for t-shirts: Teemill

Making new products from urban organic waste streams: De Clique

Pay for the product, not the packaging: Algramo

Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a circular economy

News and updates fromThe Ellen MacArthur Foundation

News and updates from
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation