Account for the systems perspective during the design process, to use the right materials, to design for appropriate lifetime and to design for extended future use.
Fairphone designs modular mobile phones by using fair materials, good working conditions to enable the reuse and recycling of parts. The Fairphone 2, released in 2016, has anchored the company's niche position in the market.
Desso is an international designer and producer of circular carpet tiles and broadloom. The company designs its own products and has developed innovative new techniques that allow its products to be collected and recycled or reused.
An architect is responsible for designing buildings and by extension for the materials used during a building's construction, its energy efficiency during the use phase and the potential for material recovery when it is demolished. An architect can thus contribute to the circular economy by 'designing for the future'.