Circularity Sessions: Zero Waste Design
Get a comprehensive crash course to circular economy thinking and zero-waste design.
Discover how to make sustainable products without waste and reduce your environmental impact. Together, we’ll explore real-world case studies and identify areas where you can intervene to make your product business more circular.
Learn from expert Rich Gilbert, Co-founder of The Agency of Design, who helps organisations design a better future by re-thinking our physical and digital worlds.
Thursday 14th November / 9.30 - 1pm
What You’ll Learn
- Broad understanding of circular economy and zero waste principles.
- Case studies showing sustainable innovation successes and traps to avoid.
- Identifying and overcoming potential roadblocks on your circularity journey.
- Actionable next steps and resources for implementing sustainable design strategies.
Why You Should Join
- Get a grounding in circular economy principles, best practices and common pitfalls in redesigning for sustainability
- Gain practical tools to rethink products and business models through a circular economy lens.
- Meet collaborators, find specialist expertise, and get support from our network of sustainability innovators.
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The people I have met here make it a dream coming in a few times a week! I don't see myself being able to go back to working from home the same way I did before coming to Plus X Innovation, I don't think I could leave the sense of community behind. It really is something everyone who is working from home should try!
Central Research Laboratory has contributed to our journey in many ways: access to a network, manufacturing, procurement services, and workshop facilities. CRL enables us to feel like a slightly bigger company than we would otherwise be if left to our own devices. Being here at CRL as a cohort member, makes it feel a lot more real and plugged in into the ecosystem.
Besides the workshop facilities, the best thing about working in the Brighton hub has got to be being able to collaborate with people in the same building as you. The variety of expertise and experience in the building is awesome.
We could not be in a better place to grow as a company. We get amazing support from the Plus X Innovation staff, plus collaboration opportunities with the other inspiring residents and companies. We feel like we’re living in the future of workplaces in the present and that is pretty damn cool.
Through my time at Plus X Innovation my business has turned from a student project into a registered R&D company. My favourite thing about being at Plus X Brighton is having a mini family in the office and a beautiful space to be the best you and make the best connections.
Meet the mentor
Rich Gilbert is the co-founder of The Agency of Design, a pioneering consultancy focused on design-driven solutions that emphasise sustainability and circular economy principles. With a background in product design and a passion for creating meaningful change through innovative, responsible design practices, Rich has led projects that inspire new approaches to product lifecycle, waste reduction, and user experience. He brings a unique blend of creativity and strategic insight, working alongside industry leaders to reimagine products that contribute positively to people and the planet.
Who should attend?
- Anyone who makes decisions about whether to make products more circular or sustainable.
- Founders and entrepreneurs with a sustainability mission.
- Designers and product developers across consumer products, fashion, retail, FMCG, materials development, architecture and other sectors.
- Sustainability managers.
- Anyone interested in business transformation for the new circular economy.
