Systemic Incubator for Local Ecoentrepreneurship to Favour a Sustainable Local Development: Guidelines Definition.

Battistoni, Chiara; Barbero, Silvia

doi:10.1080/14606925.2019.1595851

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“…Barbero and Bicocca [108] described an Italian circular economy project oriented toward cultivating design-driven and collaborative engagement of universities and political commitment of local authorities, government offices, associations, and public bodies to join forces and create a more systemic view and a broader approach in territorial development. Battistoni and Barbero [109] argued that there is an opportunity for systemic design to support the development of eco-entrepreneurship incubators, which can boost local circular economies by training and offering advice to local companies and other organizations and by helping them operate in a more sustainable way. The authors provide some indications for policymakers to support such incubators: (a) offering economic support and tax breaks to help companies transition to more sustainable manufacturing technologies and biofuels, (b) involving such actors in more collaborative policy design processes, and (c) enhancing the creation of a sharing economy through fewer legislative barriers.…”

Section: Design To Support Policy Towards the Circular Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Circular Economy in Industrial Design Research: A Review

Dam¹,

Simeone

Keskin

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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In the past decades, industrial design practice and research have focused extensively on how to optimize production and consumption, as a way to prevent negative environmental impacts, such as resource depletion, pollution, and excessive waste. Recently, the “circular economy” concept is increasingly used to achieve environmental benefits and economic growth simultaneously. Industrial design can contribute to a circular economy by fostering systems changes to achieve durability, optimal reuse, refurbishment, remanufacturing, and recycling of products and materials. Indeed, researchers have examined both the theoretical and practical aspects of how design knowledge can support the transition to a circular economy. However, this body of knowledge has not been systematically analyzed yet. To address this critical gap, this paper poses the following question: How has industrial design research so far contributed to advancing the circular economy knowledge? Accordingly, we survey relevant design literature focusing on the circular economy, through a review of contributions published in 42 scientific journals. Based on our results, we discuss how industrial design practices can potentially contribute to a circular economy across four thematic areas: (1) design for circular production processes, (2) design for circular consumption, (3) design to support policy towards the circular economy, and (4) design education for the circular economy.

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Section: Design To Support Policy Towards the Circular Economymentioning

confidence: 99%