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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works with Education and Business to accelerate the transition to a Circular Economy.

The circular economy is a generic term for an industrial economy that is, by design or intention, restorative and in which materials flows are of two types, biological nutrients, designed to reenter the biosphere safely, and technical nutrients, which are designed to circulate at high quality without entering the biosphere.

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Schmidt MacArthur Fellowship

An international postgraduate fellowship on the circular economy for design, engineering and business students
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Circular Economy 100

31 organisations have already confirmed their membership of the CE100 - a global alliance designed to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
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Competition for schools now open

Show your creativity and win a presentation from Ellen MacArthur at your school
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New economic report

The latest report from the Foundation identifies a global economic opportunity worth $700 billion in consumer goods material savings.
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Business

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation aims to support a two-way development between education and business, helping to catalyse and showcase examples of innovation through the framework of a circular economy.

News

Wallonia, first region to announce its CE100 membership w...: 18th June 2013 – The Wallonia region of southern Belgium has become the first region in Europe to announce the signing of a ...

Schmidt-MacArthur Summer School: Day 1: 18th June 2013 – The Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowships were created to challenge post-graduate students and their academic mento...

The Foundation joins forces with the French Economic, Soc...: 10th June 2013 – Towards a circular economy - A model to reinvent future prospects. Paris, June the 27th The half-day con...