Transition Café Consumer Goods

How do front-runners start collaborations, for example to reduce e-waste? And how can you, as an entrepreneur, scientist or policy maker, join them? In the Transition Café Consumer Goods, participants will actively strengthen existing circular coalitions and start new ones.

In one of the sub-sessions, Lead Circular Economy Claire Teurlings talks about developments within circular textiles. Together with four SME entrepreneurs, she explores the possibilities of upcycling textiles. For example by processing unsold clothing into new garments.

The event will be held in Dutch.

The plenary part of the Transition Café features three keynote speakers:

• Anne-Marie Rakhorst, chair of the Transitieagenda Consumptiegoederen, on their latest updates
• Katrien Termeer, professor of public administration (Wageningen University Research) on cooperation in all its forms
• Thami Schweichler, founder of United Repair Centre on practical inclusive collaboration.

After the plenary part, there will be sub-sessions about existing collaborations of front-runners in scaling up circular consumer goods:

• Electronic electrical appliances – Martin Hof (Techniek Nederland), Ben Hofenk (Inventum Huishoudelijke Apparaten), Erik van der Nol (Bluemovement / BSH Home Appliances Group) and Jan van Os (ATAG Benelux)
• Furniture – Dirk van Deursen (Royal CBM), Mark Groot Wassink (Royal Auping) and Frank Bouma (Vepa the furniture factory Fair Furniture Group)
• Textile upcycling – Claire Teurlings (Amsterdam Economic Board), Rachel Cannegieter (RethinkRebels BV), Laura Koedijk (Studio Anneloes), Marijke Willemsen (10DAYS), Iris van Trigt (King Louie) and Marvin Schippmann (Patta Exclusive Sneakers BV)
• Packaging consumables – Jean-Maurice Verploegen (Spectro B.V.), Franne Jelske Anema (Asito) and Tom Freriks (Koffiebranderij Peeze)

There will be plenty of room to exchange knowledge and stories this afternoon.