How Abieny applies circular economy strategies in hardware

Linear vs Circular Economy: why the shift matters. Most products still follow a ‘take, make, waste’ path. A circular model keeps materials in use through design for durability, repair, reuse and recovery, creating new value across the whole product life. In the article: • Circularity starts at design & business model, not just recycling • Practical first steps: repair access, spare parts, upgrades, take-back • Metrics that matter: avoided material spend, refurbishment margin, retention • Why UK policy momentum + rising input costs make this urgent • How science parks turn pilots into practice with space, expertise and investor links Read the article: https://lnkd.in/eaQwzAXy

How can we make the circular economy work in practice? ♻️   New policy brief by Aleyna P. and Stijn van Ewijk 🌍   Everything we buy, use, and discard has an impact. Producing goods consumes vast amounts of energy, water, and raw materials, and when these items are not reused or recycled, they become waste that harms our planet. The circular economy offers a solution by keeping materials and products in use for as long as possible, yet implementation remains challenging. Understanding how and under what conditions products can be reused, shared, or recycled is essential. The concept of use potential helps identify these opportunities – supporting policymakers and industry to design systems that make circularity achievable in practice.   Read our new policy brief ‘Supporting Circular Economy Policy through Assessment of Use Potential’ to learn more, link in the comments!   Julia Stegemann, Ramya Venkataraman, and Felicitas Zahlbruckner #UCL #CircularEconomy #Policy #Industry #ChangeTheWorld #Sustainability 

Circular Economy Strategy now expected in 2026 The Government’s Circular Economy Strategy for England is now expected to be unveiled in the new year, Defra Secretary of State Emma Reynolds has confirmed. https://lnkd.in/e_ny7sFN

CIWM and the Circular Economy Institute have launched an innovative pilot programme aimed at exploring new methods for practical skills exchange and knowledge sharing between the design sector and waste and recycling industries. “It is vital that we in the resources and waste management sector supports the design community in developing durable products that are less wasteful to manufacture and enable the resources they contain to be fully recovered at the end of their life. If you work in the design sector and want to contribute to the development of a more circular economy, I encourage you to consider participating in this exciting pilot.” said Sarah Poulter. https://lnkd.in/etfDdqWK #circulareconomy #wastemanagement #sustainability #carbonfootprint

Is resource autonomy the new circular economy? The circular economy is being reframed in real time as a lever for industrial strategy and resilience. Its core principles remain influential, but a new narrative now places resource autonomy at the centre. This evolution reflects broader shifts in the global environment. Geopolitical instability, exposed supply dependencies, and the race for green and digital technologies have highlighted the risks of material reliance. In Europe especially, debates on circularity are increasingly tied to the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), the Clean Industrial Deal and the wider discourse of strategic autonomy. The result is a change in emphasis. The circular economy is not disappearing, but its primary framing is shifting from a paradigm of ecological sufficiency and sustainability to one that also serves industrial competitiveness and resource security. For companies, this introduces both opportunities and tensions. Dig deeper into the consequences, risks and paradoxes below 👇 👇  https://lnkd.in/dFpxgKNX

♻️ ❗𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲♻️ The Government’s Circular Economy Strategy for England is now expected to be unveiled in the new year, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary of State Emma Reynolds has confirmed. The forthcoming strategy – which now seems to be called the 𝘾𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣 – will be based on the work of the Circular Economy Taskforce. 🪴 It is essential the forthcoming Circular Economy Growth Plan enables high-value #recycling pathways that align with the waste hierarchy’s top priorities of prevention, reuse, and resource efficiency. 🪴 Therefore, it must embed #biobased and #biodegradable innovation within national efforts to design out waste, keep materials in use, and regenerate natural systems. 🪴 These materials can be engineered to meet specific end-of-life requirements, including #mechanical and #chemical recyclability, #biodegradability, or #compostability, offering a versatile solution to reduce #waste and environmental impact. The Taskforce was established in December 2024 to design the first framework for England’s transition to a circular economy. Chaired by Andrew Morlet, former Chief Executive of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the taskforce has spent the last year engaging with industry, local authorities and environmental groups to develop sector-specific “roadmaps” for reforming material use and supply chains. The taskforce identified five priority sectors where circular principles could deliver the most significant environmental and economic gains: 👚 Textiles 🚗 Transport 🏗️ Construction 🥖 Agri-food 🧪 Chemicals and plastics Each roadmap will include specific actions, timelines, and policy recommendations to drive circularity within the sector. https://lnkd.in/ecufUqdt Rachael Rothman Charles Newman Stuart Walker Dr Adrian Higson CChem MRSC Gail Shuttleworth Alder BioInsights Alex Davies

𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 | 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 – 𝟮𝟬 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 This week’s headlines showed the circular economy stepping firmly into the 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, with momentum building across policy, investment, design and infrastructure. ♻️ Citizens increasingly see circularity as the norm, not the niche. 🏗️ Designers and recyclers are joining forces to close material loops from the outset. 🌿 Governments face growing pressure to match ambition with delivery, both on nature recovery and waste exports. 📉 Meanwhile, falling recyclate demand and global capacity cuts exposed the economic fragility behind circular systems. ⚙️ Yet from ports to packaging, new projects showed how system thinking and innovation can still turn challenge into opportunity. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆? 👉 Circularity is gaining traction across every level, but progress will depend on connecting design, data and delivery. 👇 Here’s your quick rundown of this week’s eight key stories to read over that Monday-morning coffee ☕ 1️⃣ Circularity goes mainstream 2️⃣ London’s waste worth its weight in gold 3️⃣ Government concedes nature delays persist 4️⃣ Design meets disposal: bridging waste and creation 5️⃣ UK urged to end plastic waste exports 6️⃣ Global plastics recycling faces capacity collapse 7️⃣ Recycling pressure builds on flexible packaging 8️⃣ Ports set to become circular-economy game-changers 📊 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥-𝘶𝘱. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥. 👉 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲 to catch next Monday’s “News You Might Have Missed,” your circular-economy round-up in five minutes or less. 💭 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 which stories, issues, or trends you think I should keep an eye on for future editions. Which story do you think signals the biggest shift toward a truly circular system? Drop your thoughts below 👇 #CircularEconomy #Recycling #Packaging #Sustainability #Policy #EPR #Innovation #CircularEconomyUK #ResourceEfficiency #CircularEconomyNews

💭 Rethinking the Circular Economy As someone who has always been deeply skeptical of the circular economy narrative, I found @Federico Savini 2025 article — “The Circular Economy is Over: The Scalar Politics of Circular Production” timely. Savini argues that despite a decade of policy enthusiasm, circularity has failed to reduce the world’s material footprint. The numbers are startling: 🔹 The EU’s circularity ratio increased by only 0.4% between 2015 and 2021. 🔹 Globally, circularity fell from 9.1% to 7.2% between 2018 and 2023. 🔹 Even in “circular frontrunners” like the Netherlands, raw material use has not declined despite years of investment. Why? Because the circular economy, in practice, has become a growth strategy dressed in green — one that re-localises production but keeps extraction, inequality, and waste intact. Many so-called “circular” firms survive only through subsidies, while large corporations like Apple and Unilever benefit most from CE funding. Savini calls for a degrowth-oriented circularity — one that focuses not on producing more efficiently, but on phasing out unnecessary and harmful industries. He urges us to examine the scalar politics of circularity: how power, labour, and resources are reconfigured under the banner of “sustainability.” For me, this piece is a reminder that we must treat every environmental incentive, framework, or intervention with a critical lens. We need to keep asking: 👉 Who does it actually serve? 👉 Whose labour sustains it? 👉 And does it really reduce harm — or just repackage it?

♻️ October is Circular Economy Month—and #BCIT is proud to offer the Introduction to Circular Economy course. This fully online, self-paced course explores how circular systems can reduce waste, redesign products, and rethink resource use. You’ll dive into food systems, plastics, and the zero-waste hierarchy, guided by frameworks like the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Butterfly Diagram. No prerequisites. 5 weeks to complete. 🎯 Ideal for professionals in business, design, and sustainability. 🔗Learn more at https://lnkd.in/ed3D3R6s British Columbia Institute of Technology Devon Franklin Marita Luk Brenda Martens

𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 | 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 – 𝟭𝟯 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 This week’s headlines show the circular economy moving from 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 to 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. But not without tension along the way. 💬 Experts warned that circular-economy messaging risks repeating Net Zero’s early mistakes: unclear goals, jargon, and distant promises. 🇪🇺 The EU charted a new circular-roadmap to cut red tape and accelerate secondary-material use. 📦 Industry lobbying may see pallet wraps escape reuse rules under the PPWR, while aluminium producers mapped a credible path to full circularity. 🚢 Global shipping talks sank again at the IMO, even as exhibitions and reports revealed how unchecked tech consumption and packaging trends are reshaping the planet. 🇬🇧 And back home, the UK signalled a “circular reboot”, with construction at the heart of a resource-smart economy. The through-line? 👉 We’re entering the delivery decade - where clarity, consistency, and collaboration will decide whether circular ambitions stick. 👇 Here’s your quick rundown of this week’s eight key stories to read over that Monday-morning coffee ☕ 1️⃣ Circular economy can learn from Net Zero’s mistakes 2️⃣ EU charts new circular roadmap 3️⃣ Pallet wraps may escape EU reuse rules 4️⃣ Aluminium sector maps path to full circularity 5️⃣ Global shipping emissions deal sinks at IMO 6️⃣ Before-and-after images reveal tech’s toll 7️⃣ Recyclable packaging surge set for a decade of growth 8️⃣ UK gears up for a circular-economy reboot 📊 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥-𝘶𝘱. 𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥. 👉 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 “𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱,” your circular-economy round-up in five minutes or less. 💭 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘆𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. Which story do you think will shape the next chapter of circular progress? Drop your thoughts below 👇 #CircularEconomy #Recycling #Sustainability #Packaging #EPR #Policy #Innovation #ClimateAction #ResourceEfficiency #CircularEconomyNews #MaterialsRecovery #ResourceSector #CircularEconomyUK