Sustainable Packaging in a Circular Economy

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Syllabus

  • How circular design principles can be applied to create 'closed loop' packaging systems
  • Business strategies that support these systems
  • Opportunities of designing with renewable, bio-based materials
  • Best practices through case studies with industry frontrunners

Prerequisite

Intended for students and professionals with basic knowledge of the circular economy with an interest in packaging, or students and professionals experienced in packaging looking for circular opportunities.

If you want to learn the basics of a Circular Economy we invite you to take a look at the Circular Economy: An introduction MOOC before the start of this course.

Instructors

Conny Bakker
Professor of Design Methodology for Sustainability and Circular Economy
TU Delft

Ruud Balkenende
Professor of Circular Product Design
Delft University of Technology

Janne de Hoop
Junior lecturer in Circular Product Design
Delft University of Technology

Jos Vlugter
Junior lecturer in Circular Product Design
Delft University of Technology

Jannes Nelissen
Junior lecturer in Circular Product Design
Delft University of Technology

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Delft University of Technology (in Dutch: Technische Universiteit Delft), better known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest public university in the Netherlands. 

It is based in Delft, in the Netherlands. In the QS World University Rankings 2022, it is ranked among the top 10 engineering and technology universities in the world. In architecture and civil engineering, it was ranked 2nd in the world, after MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

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