A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book
Examples of Innovative Circular Economy Business Models (CBMs) from the Clothing and Textile Industry
Authors: Rovanto Savu, Bask Anu
Editors: Lydia Bals, Wendy L. Tate, Lisa M. Ellram
Publication year: 2022
Book title : Circular Economy Supply Chains: From Chains to Systems
First page : 343
Last page: 355
ISBN: 978-1-83982-545-3
eISBN: 978-1-83982-544-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-544-620221018
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-544-620221018
System change for the circular economy (CE) in the society requires innovative thinking in refining existing material into new resources and collaboration with different actors. We introduce examples of decomposers with different roles in a circular ecosystem. Examples from reusers of waste material, users of recycled materials, designers of new technologies, and facilitators of CE networks are introduced to illustrate how companies contribute to a circular ecosystem in the clothing and textiles industry. Moreover, we illustrate the networked nature of supply chains of circular materials.