Guest Blog: Tom Szaky: “The change towards a complete circular economy is a slow process”

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Tom Szaky is one of the “accelerators” in the process of moving society towards a more circular economy. He will be a key note speaker on the Conference on March 26 2015 in Rotterdam organized by Euroforum in collaboration with the Dutch “RACE” coalition. We interviewed Tom an he gave his on the Circular Economy. “The principal reason our world …

Guest Blog: Is the Circular Economy really innovative?

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This months guest blog is from Andy Hall. Andy is a Circular Economy Consultant at Sustainable Value Cycle Solutions LLP I often hear feedback that the Circular Economy is nothing new and much cited examples, such as photocopiers and refurbished auto transmissions, just happen to fit with the concept. To a certain extent I agree but, the real economic advantage …

De stad als een uniek platform voor groene groei

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  Freek van Eijk is bestuurslid van de Stichting Maatschappij en Onderneming (SMO) en oprichter en Managing Director van Acceleratio B.V.   Hoe maken we onze stad aantrekkelijker, concurrerender, resource-efficiënter, veerkrachtiger en inclusief? Het is een uitdaging waar steden over de hele wereld voor gesteld staan want steeds meer mensen wonen en werken in steden. Hoe doe je dat? Waar …

How the Dutch phase out Waste and make a transition to a Circular Economy

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On October 1, Acceleratio’s Managing Director Freek van Eijk participated in the Financial Times Sustainability Summit in London. After an introduction by Forum for the Future on the Circular Economy the topic was raised how to phase out waste and make a transition to a circular economy. The viewpoints from France and UK were shared just as the strategy of …