1. Disruptive Technologies for Circular Economy Sankar Sivarajah
1 16 May, 2018 UOB FoML CE Strategy

2. We are a CE Pioneer University
“Pioneer Universities are an international network of higher education institutions developing truly pioneering and innovative circular economy-orientated research or teaching programmes.”
19 February, 2019

3. Circular Economy Expertise: Teaching and Research
Prof. Zahir Irani
Prof. Amir Sharif
Dr. Jyoti Mishra
Dr. Zahid Hussain
Mr. Ian Fouweather
Dr. Sankar Sivarajah
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4. CE Research Interests Funding Publication & Dissemination
Anerobic Digestion
Packaging / Plastics Economy
Systems Thinking / Dynamics
Food Waste
Re-use in Hi-Tech
Circularity in Tourism
Culture effects
Digital Supply Chains
Analytics & Disruptive Technology
Healthcare, Fragility
Funding
Publication & Dissemination
Capacity & Resources
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5. We work, eat, and breathe in a... dominant linear economy
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6. Tweet: @SankarSivarajah
What a load of rubbish!
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7. “2.12 Billion Tons of waste globally each year…”
… because 99 percent of the things we buy is dumped within 6 months!
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8. Tweet: @SankarSivarajah
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9. Understanding Circular Economy
Three Key Principles:
Design out waste and pollution
Keep products and materials in use
Regenerate natural systems
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10. Source: https://biomimicry.org/what-is-biomimicry/
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11. Value of the circular economy
“CE could yield over €600 billion per year to European economies and generate an additional €1.2 trillion in non-resource and externality benefits that together could boost GDP by 7%.” Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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12. Circular Business Model Innovation
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13. 5 Disruptive Technologies Driving Circular Economy
Biotechnology (Bio-based materials)
Robotics
Machine-to-Machine Communication and Mobile
Blockchain
Cloud and Big Data
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14. School of thought: Mimic Nature (Biomimicry)
Products and services are embedded in effective material flows which mimic living systems (where waste = food)
ooHo – inspired by nature
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15. Marathon – A Plastic Trail?
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16. Tweet: @SankarSivarajah
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17. Mushroom Packaging: Ecovative Design
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18. Winnow: Data-backed stories that drive change
The Need - each year an estimated USD 100 billion worth of food is thrown away by the hospitality industry, mainly due to overproduction.
The Solution - a simple way of collecting data on food waste in commercial kitchens.
What makes this smarter - Winnow analytics correlates food waste to sales directly connecting  behaviour changes to increased profits.  
The result - restaurants that use this system have cut food waste by between %, leading to increases profit margins by 50% or more as well as reducing carbon emissions
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19. Source: https://www.provenance.org/how-it-works
Provenance: Every product has a story
Provenance is building a traceability system for materials and products using blockchain. Securely storing information - inherently auditable, unchangeable and open. An open traceability protocol - to track the provenance of anything from tuna to a roll of fabric.
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20. Meet Apple’s Daisy 19 February, 2019
Liam – An Innovation Story:

21. Intelligent Assets: HP leading the way
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22. Challenges vs Making it happen!
Collaboration
Rethinking incentives
Technology
Leading by example and driving up scale fast
Access to financing
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23. Follow: @SankarSivarajah
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