3. Accenture research show there are five circular business models
to consider
The Circular Economy options
Recovery &
Recycling
Circular
Supply-Chain
Product as a
Service
Product Life-
Extension
Sharing
Platform
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4. Three types of technologies are key
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Digital
Enabling entirely new ways
to access and understand
product use-phase and aid
customers in use efficiency
Hybrid
Enabling moving physical
objects back and forth from
value chains with digital
services to drive down cost
Engineering
Enabling production and
supply of new types of
resources as well as new
product designs to use
them
Advanced
recycling tech
Modular design
technology
Life & Material
sciences
Circular economy enabling technologies
Source: Circular Economy book project
6. Three types of technologies are key
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Digital
Enabling entirely new ways
to access and understand
product use-phase and aid
customers in use efficiency
Hybrid
Enabling moving physical
objects back and forth from
value chains with digital
services to drive down cost
Engineering
Enabling production and
supply of new types of
resources as well as new
product designs to use
them
3D Printing
Advanced
recycling tech
Trace and
return systems
Modular design
technology
Life & Material
sciences
Circular economy enabling technologies
Source: Circular Economy book project
8. 8
Hybrid: Trace & return systems
Eco ATM: Instant cash for phones, MP3 players and tablets
9. 9
Hybrid: Trace & Return systems
Tomra: sensor based solutions to optimize resource productivity
10. Three types of technologies are key
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Digital
Enabling entirely new ways
to access and understand
product use-phase and aid
customers in use efficiency
Hybrid
Enabling moving physical
objects back and forth from
value chains with digital
services to drive down cost
Engineering
Enabling production and
supply of new types of
resources as well as new
product designs to use
them
Social
Mobile
M2M
Communication
Cloud
Analytics
3D Printing
Advanced
recycling tech
Trace and
return systems
Modular design
technology
Life & Material
sciences
Circular economy enabling technologies
Source: Circular Economy book project
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Poshmark combines all digital technologies and realized a
personalized and active secondhand clothing market