Hi everyone,
Thank you for participating in my poll two weeks ago!
Now, I would like to kindly ask if you would like to participate in my survey about my master thesis on "How digitalized technologies could enhance circular economy practices in manufacturing firms".
This survey is mainly looking for people from manufacturing firms, and mainly from Germany and China.

I would be more than happy to get some responses - the survey takes about 10 minutes.
Thank you!!!

"Hello everyone! I'm new to this forum and excited to connect with like-minded individuals. I'm currently working on my master's thesis, which explores how digital technologies can facilitate circular economy practices in manufacturing firms. Since manufacturing plays such a crucial role in the supply chain, I’m particularly interested in how digitalization can enhance sustainability efforts. I’d love to hear your thoughts or experiences on this topic—any insights would be greatly appreciated!"

always knew that manufacturing companies created a lot of waste, but recently found out how terrifying the number actually is! clothing industry generates about 5.2 million tons of waste!! these firms are worsening the already messed up environment, absolutely unacceptable. do you think it's okay to exploit mother earth for a bit of fashion? nah, man! i'd rather thrift than make things easier for these companies.

Hello everyone. I am in an agriculture industry and I wanted to know what are the best practices your country have done so far to retrieve those pesticide containers from farmers who are considered backyard growers which land holdings are small-scale. I am interested to replicate your best practices in my country to address this concern. Thank you

Hi there, do you work to support SMEs? Or do you work on discovering circular economic solutions?

Every few months, the I-GO initiative at GGKP invites stakeholders and active projects around the world that support SMEs to enhance resource efficiency and contribute towards a green and circular economy transition. These roundtables provide experience-sharing and informal networking opportunities, which in turn can strengthen collaboration.

In case you missed our last quarterly I-GO Community roundtable, you can find the recording below.

At this 5th roundtable, we provided updates from the EU-funded Circular Economy project that GGKP is implementing (the first survey results and upcoming activities like a community of practice launch for Circular Economy initiatives around the world); as well as invited circular #textile practitioners to tune into perspectives from both the private sector and global projects with regional activities.

Based on the presentations from Lee-Hendor Ruiters from the National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) and Ramesh De Silva from a Sri Lankan textile repair firm, Compreli, questions flowed in from the audience, such as: How can we convince big and small apparel brands to use second-hand or repaired garments? How can we secure manufacturers' buy-in for using repaired garments? How global and regional projects can enable their policy and technical support to address the pre-consumer textile waste.

Watch the recording to find out about the answers as well as access the full presentations from the experienced garment repair business and the circular textile project kickstarting in South Africa. You can also find the presentations below.

Finally, let us know in the comments or get in touch ([email protected]) to share the topics YOU want to talk about - anything SME, circular economy, resource efficiency related - at the next I-GO Community roundtable! (And join the roundtable!)