We need to change the way we consume and dispose of goods – from fashion to food, cans to cars. But how?
Our agenda covers all aspects of a circular economy, providing a forum for all – from start-ups to multinationals, from research projects to governments – to generate the ideas and connections which will accelerate our progress to a world without waste. Check out our sessions below!
20 April - Festival Day 1
09:30am
Welcome to the Festival of Circular Economy
09:40am
Keynote Address:
Why the Circular Economy Matters
10:05am
Keynote Address:
How Resource Efficiency Can Accelerate Progress to Net Zero Carbon
10:30am
Keynote Address:
Keynote: Reimagining Business Models to Create Circular Systems
11:00am
Case Study:
Show Me the Money: How Doughnut Economics & The Circular Economy Works in Practice in the City of Amsterdam
11.30pm
Panel Discussion:
Is the Circular Economy the Next Big Frontier for Sustainable Investment?
- What are the cost and benefits of the net zero transition?
- How has the greentech market grown and expanded?
- Do TCFDs need to be rebalanced to consider carbon and circularity?
- Should there be an introduction of reporting raw material use?
- To what extent should investors and financiers look beyond the company state and consider their products and their production to evaluate their ESG impact?
12:15pm
Panel Discussion:
Partnership & Collaboration: How can Manufacturers, Designers and Recyclers Work Together to Create Circular Systems on a Larger Scale?
- How can a better communication bridge be built between manufacturers and recyclers?
- What role should product designers have in facilitating the conversation between manufacturers and recyclers? Or do they have a responsibility to look to design circular products?
- Finding the balance and compromise between product design and circularity
1:30pm
Presentation
Beyond the Rhetoric: The Targets and Strategy Behind Environmental Policy On An International National and Corporate Level
Break & Opportunity to explore the Innovation Hub and White Paper Library Cafe
Following the break there will be two concurrent streams of content but do not worry all of the session will be available on demand so you won’t miss out on a thing! You can also choose to switch between the streams if you would like.
Fashion Track
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Case Study Presentation: Switching to Rental Sales Models to Support Circularity
Panel Discussion: Balancing Design for Reuse and Recycling with Creative Freedom
Packaging Track
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Quick Fire Presentations: Designing Packaging and Materials for Recyclability
These quick fire presentations will provide you with insights from the latest innovations in recyclable packaging.
More detailed information on all of the innovations will be hosted in the Innovation Hub.
Panel Discussion: Extended Producer Responsibility: How is it going to affect your business?
How do the extended producer responsibility, collections framework and deposit returns scheme interplay?
Break & Opportunity to explore the Innovation Hub and White Paper Library Cafe
Fashion Track
3:45pm – 5:00pm
Case Study Presentation:Toxin-Free Circularity for Textiles & Fibres
Paul Foulkes-Arellano, Founder, Circuthon Consulting
Panel Discussion: Addressing the Challenges of Creating New Sustainable Fibres with Equivalent Functionality
Packaging Track
3:45pm – 5:00pm
Stats and Facts Presentation: Waste Collection and Management to Support Recycling
- A look at the international comparisons: who are the leaders and who is falling behind the trends?
- How will UK processing cope with the inability to export waste post-brexit?
- How is policy shaping future planning of waste collection and manufacturing?
Panel Discussion: Addressing the Challenges of Circularity in Food Contact Materials
- A look at the plastic recycling sector in the UK currently and progress made to date
- How could the plastic recycling sector change over the next decade?
- What changes need to take place to improve plastic recycling?
21 April - Festival Day 2
09:30am
Opening Remarks
09:40am
Panel Discussion:
Creating Circular Cities
Wayne Hubbard, Chief Executive Officer, ReLondon
Iain Gulland, Chief Executive, Zero Waste Scotland
Richard James MacCowan, Founder and Biofuturist, Biomimicry Innovation Lab
Clare Ollerenshaw, Associate Director, Accelar
10:15am
Panel Discussion:
How to use Resource Management Plans to Reduce Construction Waste
10:50 am
Panel Discussion:
Developing Procurement Structures in Industry which Enable a Circular Economy
- Raw material mapping: how do you develop the database to efficiently track what you are buying?
- A look at best practice procurement strategies and models that are moving to a more sustainable and circular strategy
- Public sector procurement vs. private sector procurement
11:25am
Presentation:
Measuring and Certifying Circularity
Moderator: Eleanor Ansell, Analyst, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Marianne Richeux, Zero Waste World, Senior Manager, Europe, CHEP – A Brambles Company
Nikki Kapp, Data and Metrics Project Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
11:50am
Creating Functioning Markets for Secondary Raw Materials
12:15pm
Creating Linkages: A Look at eBay’s B2B Portal Linking Vehicle Recyclers with Insurance Repairers
This session will provide an insight into the impact and scale of the project followed by a question and answer session with the stakeholders so that you can understand the lessons learnt from scaling up a project, engaging with a range of stakeholders and prove a business model based on the circular economy.
Break & Opportunity to explore the Innovation Hub and White Paper Library Cafe
2:00pm
Don’t Just Ship It Away: Giving EVs a Second Life in the UK
Savina Venkova, Circular Economy Manager, HSSMI
Food Track
2:25pm – 3:45pm
Case Study Presentation: Recovering Value from Food Waste
Helena Appleton, Project Officer Regional Food Economy (NW), Feedback Global
Phil Holtam, Regional Programs Manager, Feedback Global
Panel Discussion: How to activate change in the food waste system?
Seth Olson, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Resonance
Shane Ward, Professor of Biosystems Engineering, University College Dublin
Helena Appleton, Project Officer Regional Food Economy (NW), Feedback Global
Electronics Track
WEEE & Batteries
2:25pm – 3:45pm
Designing Products to Support Refurbishment and Recycling
Gareth Bevan, Head of Sustainable Transformation UK & Nordics, Hewlett Packard Enterprise