Increasing impact in the circular economy depends on investment and entrepreneurship. But how can companies and startups design a world without waste and help us stay within our planetary boundaries?

Ditte Lynsgaard Vind, chair of the Danish Design Council and founder of The Circular Way, seeks out business models that ensure more product circulation and reuse. Brandon Byers, a recent PhD graduate of the CEA Lab, talks with her about what approaches are needed to make the circular economy impactful for the built environment.

See Ditte Lynsgaard Vind’s book Danish Design Heritage and Global Sustainability here.

Episode credits:

Interview by Brandon Byers. Produced and edited by Jennifer Bartmess. Music by Coma Media. © Chair of Circular Engineering for Architecture at ETH Zurich