Case studies
Case Study: Aquafil Group
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation speaks to Aquafil CEO Giulio Bonazzi about systems optimisaton, upcycling, and the move to a closed-loop textile pro...
Worn Again's Journey to Closed-Loop
“People say we can't do UK manufacturing to scale, but we are going make it work” – Jamie Burdett of upcycling firm Worn Again explains the differe...
"Designed for lower speeds"
"Designed for lower speeds"… You may remember reading Ellen's blog entry about the fleet of B Class container ships which ended up mothballed becau...
"We have no bins" - Oxford firm reaches Zero Waste
"We have no bins", says Gareth Dinnage, Managing Director of Environmental Print firm Seacourt. “Over the last 14 years, we have taken our company ...
Will Anderson, Harmless: “I noticed a change in consumer demand”.
We talk to Will Anderson, creator of the dissolvable ‘plastic’ bag, about moving beyond greenwash and exporting better practices to fast-developing...
Desso, 10 years to close the loop
Stef Kranendijk, CEO of Desso – one of Europe’s leading carpet tiles manufacturers – has decided his company would have fully closed the loop by 20...
Ford Motor Company River Rouge production plant (Michigan, USA)
MBDC (McDonough and Braungart Design Chemistry, creators of the Cradle to Cradle certification) have worked as consultants to the Ford Motor Compan...
Closing the loo(p)
Rebecca Hogarth talked to Nick op den Buijsh, Concept manager, Corporate Social Responsibility of Van Houtum about their “flagship” product, Satino...
InterfaceFLOR, laying the foundations for better industrial practices
A worldwide leader in modular commercial flooring manufacture, InterfaceFLOR now has a 15-year history in sustainable and closed loop practices.
Residual - or "waste" - heat and energy recuperation: a growing trend
Existing power plants sometimes rely on technologies that are a bit dated by today’s standards, yet re-designing the whole power generation s...
Harmless packaging: wrap it up!
Packaging… Who hasn’t at some point been appalled by the quantity of materials that most of the “stuff” we buy comes wrapped in? From plastic-clad ...
Climatex Lifecycle, a Cradle to Cradle certified fabric, available to consumers
Swiss firm Rohner produces the Climatex Lifecycle biodegradable fabric, used extensively in the office furniture manufacturing business. The materi...