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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches the inaugural Disruptive Innovation Festival

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation will stage the first Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF) from 20 October – 14 November 2014, bringing together thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, businesses, makers, learners and doers to catalyse system-level change for a future economy. Over four weeks using a mix of online and face to face events participants have an abundance of opportunities to explore the economy through a different lens.

Check it out at http://www.thinkdif.co/me.

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Design and the circular economy

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Design and the circular economy

Design and the circular economy: toasters that won't be binned

After looking at how a chair manufacturer redesigned its products with their future life in mind, one company decided to apply the same thinking to the toaster

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Scotland's Circular Economy

Leading the way in circular economy 

Scotland’s zero waste plans received a big boost after becoming the first nation to join the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy 100 programme (CE100).

This global network of 100 companies, innovators and administrations has set itself a three-year timeframe to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, helping businesses rethink the way they manage resources, whilst stimulating economic growth.