Introduction to Circular Economy

Discover how the circular economy uses the shared economy, via Airbnb and platforms like Just Park, tool libraries, and repair cafes, to create value from unused assets and sustainable experiences.

Explore how repair cafes illustrate circular economy in India, highlighting bottom-up jugaad, repair over recycling, and inner circle skills that extend product life.

Shyam Sundar of Clean Label presents a plastic-free, waste-free grocery model with reusable containers, a return-and-clean system, and reverse logistics toward a circular economy.

Explore regenerative agriculture as holistic land management that enriches soil, boosts biodiversity, and improves watersheds while sequestering carbon to combat climate change.

Turn animal, plant, and food waste into nutrient-rich compost you can harvest at home in your garden or balconies. Hear experts discuss what they can do with food waste.

Discover how composting, segregation, and solid waste management enable circularity, turning kitchen and garden waste into soil-enriching compost for homes, communities, and local farms.

Explore how black soldier fly larvae upcycle urban food waste into high-quality nutrients and compost, advancing circular economy and sustainable animal feed.

Explore how seaweed farming offers regenerative, biodiversity-rich circular economy solutions in India, with native species, community-led toolkits, and multi-species aquaculture.

Green Wave's regenerative ocean farming uses undersea vertical ropes to grow seaweed, fertilized by oysters, mussels, and clam cages, offering net zero carbon and 10 to 30 tons annually.

Discover how Bhutan pursues regenerative agriculture through strong forest protection, carbon negative goals, and hydroelectric energy, supported by an organic masterplan and low agrochemical use.

Examine innovative circular packaging designs in action, including organic cotton stitched tea bags, seaweed sachets, edible pouches, and mushroom based materials that reduce single-use plastic and waste.

Assess why fashion circularity is not yet a panacea due to an incomplete system to keep garments in circulation, with take-back schemes and consumer behavior not offsetting virgin material growth.

Explore how circular fashion reduces waste and pollution with sustainable design, and evaluate cradle to cradle material health and material reutilization, renewable energy, carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness.

Explore how Fairtrade certifications promote circular fashion through transparent, traceable supply chains, social and environmental sustainability, and Fairtrade premiums empowering farming communities.

Explore circularity in fast-moving consumer goods ingredients and how models support natural processes, addressing consumer demand for sustainable brands and the rise of Gen Z and millennials.

Explore how refillable, a circular economy startup, uses a doorstep refill truck to curb single-use plastic, drive zero waste adoption, and align customer needs with sustainable packaging.

The fmcg industry makes incremental steps toward circularity through lightweighting and recyclability, but transformative, systematic innovations in business models and packaging are needed to achieve true circularity.

Develop an entrepreneurial mindset to tackle urgent challenges through innovative, resilient, and collaborative approaches, and learn to design planet-centric, circular solutions within a circular economy.