We organise our actions in six thematic & strategic agendas:
Strategic Agendas:
Bio-economy
Circular Construction
Chemicals/Plastics
Manufacturing Industry
Food Chain
Water Cycles
Seven leverages provide additional support:
Leverage effects:
Lever Policy Instruments
Lever Circular Procurement
Lever Communication
Lever Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Lever Financing
Lever Jobs & Skills
Lever Research
What, why and how?
Why are we pursuing a circular economy?
Future visions 2050
How do we see our circular future?
About our management
Who steers what at Flanders Circular?
A European buys an average of 26 kilograms of textiles a year, and throws away 11.3 kilograms of textiles, including a lot of shoes. KU Leuven is tackling the fast-fashion system with the living lab Recare about Shoes.
Circular business model for the shoe sector
Due to the fast-fashion industry, raw materials for shoes transform into waste at lightning speed, resulting in a large environmental burden. In the living lab Recare about Shoes:
The mission: extending the life of shoes through maintenance, repair and reuse. The fact that this gives the shoemaker's work a new value is a nice bonus.
Partners in the value chain
For this living lab, KU Leuven attracted a lot of partners such as Ambiorix, Cycleur de Luxe, Mister Minit and Torfs, four SMEs from the Flemish shoe industry. The Product Design course of the LUCA School of Arts in Genk brings a lot of expertise on circular design. Design agency Mooseoffice, Branding And Trading Projects and Flanders DC are also collaborating. The project will run from March 2024 to March 2026.
KU Leuven
Partners Branding And Trading Projects, Mooseoffice, LUCA School of Arts, Flanders DC, Ambiorix, Mister Minit, Torfs
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