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Circularity.fm — 111 episodes

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Designing Germany's Circular Textile EPR System

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Unpacking the EPR Legislation for Textiles

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Textile Collection, Sorting & Recycling: The challenges we need to overcome

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How Textile EPR Will Influence Brands’ Business Model

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Textile EPR in Germany: What Brands Need to Know

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Best Startups in Critical Raw Materials & Automated Disassembly

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Circular Economy Startup Landscape 2026

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BDI & BCG Study: Where Circularity Pays Off

9

Circular Sovereignty Forum

10

Startup Collaboration: How to Build Win-Win Partnerships

11

Sustainability Reporting: Turning ESG into Decisions

12

100th Episode: Key Lessons from Six Years of Circularity.fm

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Carbon Capture: How Waste-to-Energy Cuts CO2

14

Waste as a Resource: How Data and AI Cut Recycling Costs

15

Waste Incineration: Its Role in Circular Economy

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Waste Incineration: How Waste-to-Energy Really Works

17

Business Interruption Insurance: When Circularity Pays Off

18

Insurance Claims: How Tryg Made Repair the Default Choice

19

Climate Resilience: How Allianz Evaluates Supply Chains

20

Circularity at Airbus: How SecondLife Cuts Waste and Costs

21

Breitling Rewind: Repair as a Heritage Business Model

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Circular Strategy at Philips: Turning Trade-Ins Into Revenue

23

Direct-to-Consumer: Whirlpool Corp's Certified Refurb Strategy

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MedTech Recycling: Johnson & Johnson’s Waste-to-Value Model

25

Circular Furniture: How Vitra Circle Scales Refurb via Dealers

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Circular Design: Systemic Innovation

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Circular Design: Rethinking Products

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Circular Design Principles: Overcoming Material Barriers

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The Commercial benefits: Using recyclates in Washing Machines by V-ZUG

30

Feasibility & Desirability: How Bosch built a drill from post-consumer recycled plastics

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Post-Consumer Recyclate: How to get organisational buy-in - The Vorwerk Case

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Recycled Plastics: How premium brands build a reliable supply - the HolyPoly approach

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Chemicals – key challenge and core solution provider

34

Metals – A highly circular industry

35

The Heart of Europe Collaboration

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Close the Gap - Refurbishing Electronics to Close the Digital Divide

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PadMad - Upcycling Textiles for Menstrual Health & Girl's Education

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Sea Ventures - Turning Fish Waste into Animal Feed

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E-Waste Initiative Kenya - Repairing and Reusing Electronics

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Africa Collect Textiles and Green Forest Solutions - The need for global EPR systems

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Mr Green Africa - Recyclates as cheap as Virgin Plastics

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Taka Taka Solutions - Waste Collection in Kenya

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Dandora - A Tour through Kenya's largest Dumpsite

44

The State of the Circular Economy in Kenya

45

Nature-Based Solutions: Can Capitalism Unf*ck Itself?

46

Decoupling Emissions from Growth at Mars

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The State of Nature and Natural Resources in 2025

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Circulating Creativity Through Conversation

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Building Regenerative Economies in Practice

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Do We Know Why We Need Product Passports?

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How Robots Will Dismantle All Our Products

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Chemistry in Circularity: What the Future Holds

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Beyond the Pilot: Succeeding in Textile Recommerce

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Circularity in Electronics and Automation

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Extended Producer Responsibility for Textiles

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Ecology: What nature says | CIRCULAR REPUBLIC Festival 2025

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Behind the Scenes of the Circular Design Summit with Bernd Müller

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The Circular Shift Panel Discussion | Circular Design Summit 2025

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Earth Compatible by Katie Morgenroth from Google | Circular Design Summit 2025

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How can Venture Capital be Regenerative with Alessa Berg from Top Tier Impact

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Selecting the right investors for your materials startup with  Jakob Röskamp from Traceless Materials

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How Purpose-Driven Investors and Impact Founders Accelerate Systemic Change with Tina Dreimann from Better Ventures

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New Critical Materials, Supply Chain Infrastructure, and Modular Solutions in the Circular Economy with Aly Bryan

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How to Get VC funding for Circular and Impact-driven Startups with Charlotte Lafont from Ring Capital

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How a global leader in building solutions invests in circular startups with Bengt Steinbrecher from Holcim Maqer Venture

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Leveraging New Technologies to Decarbonise the Economy with Mark Windeknecht from World Fund | Venture Capital

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Plastic waste as a business opportunity 
in Asia & Latin America with Ellen Martin from Circulate Capital | Venture Capital

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Investing in Circular Business Models in 
North America & 
Europe with Maya Hassa from Circular Innovation Fund - VC

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Veganz's Journey in Becoming a Cutting-edge FoodTech Company by Anja Brachmüller, Veganz | CIRCULAZE Summit

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The challenging “New Work World” in the circular economy by Andreas Jenne, REHAU | CIRCULAZE Summit

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Transitioning From the Linear to Circular Value Chain for Solar PVs by Pamela Ong, E.ON | CIRCULAZE Summit

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Urban Mining of the Patrick-Henry-Village: Heidelberg's Vision for a Circular Economy in Construction, M. Heinrich, EPEA

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The Human Factor in Circular Fashion by Serena Bonomi, On | Circular Fashion

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Family Business transform towards circular value creation by Carl-Luis Rieger, WEPA | CIRCULAZE Summit | Venture Capital

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Collaboration Now! Circular Economy as strategic business lever by Nina Fechler, Evonik | CIRCULAZE SUMMIT

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How to win colleagues for the circular economy with Vojtech Vosecky, The Circular Economist | CIRCULAZE SUMMIT

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Everything a Board needs to know about Product-as-a-Service

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TRUMPF - Be more Efficient with Equipment-as-a-Service

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kaer - Cooling-as-a-Service and the Role of Technology

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Royal Ahrend - From a Separated Startup to an Integrated Business

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Hilti - Overcoming Hidden Complexities of Circular Rental and Reuse

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UNDRESS Circularity - Assessing the Impact of Circular Business 
Models

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V-ZUG - Reporting & Accounting of a PaaS Model

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Cradle to Cradle NGO - From Product to Performance

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Debt Financing of PaaS Assets

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Circular X - Identifying and Mitigating Rebound Effects

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Circularity Capital - The Asset’s influence on Funding

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Commerzbank - Financing a PaaS Business

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Philips - Operating & Communicating Refurbishment Successfully

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Lizee - Finding the best Circular Model for Customers & Business

91

HP Instant Ink – Scaling a Value Proposition around the World

92

MUD Jeans - Close the loop with Lease-a-Jeans

93

(18) phiyond & Korozo: Measuring Corporate Circularity

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(17) Husqvarna Group - Finding the Best Circular Business Ideas

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(16) Kearney: Circular Economy Essentials for Senior Management

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(15) Würth - Winning the Organisation for Circularity

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(14) Haniel - Investing for profit and a future worth living

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(13) vaude: In- & outsourcing to rent out outdoor equipment

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(12) scc events & cuna: Collaboration for reusable cups

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(11) mujo labs: Finding the first application for a technical innovation

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(10) Commown: Chosing a legal entity that puts the planet first

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(9) hey circle: Introducing re-usable packaging

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(8) evergrain: Balancing Planet & Profit

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(7) Urwahn bikes: Using a Circular Label in your communication

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(6) kaputt.de: Building a B2C repair marketplace

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(5) Hulaaloop: The PaaS benefits for brands and manufacturers from a startup perspective

107

(4) Mattress as a Service with bedzzzy: Make subscribing more attractive than buying

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(3) IKEA: Organizational Transformation and Circular Design Principles

109

(2) The Papillon Project: Renting out Bosch home appliances to a social organisation

110

(1) The Circular Business Model Map - Startups, SME & Corporates in the Circular Economy

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