Podcast De Cirkel Rond
A podcast about circular entrepreneurship for beginners.
Freek takes you on his circular journey of discovery.
He talks to business leaders and experts who have chosen to do business circularly.
They share their convictions, but also their doubts. What is going well? What obstacles are they encountering? And how are they dealing with the challenges that come with it?
The podcast De Cirkel Rond (The Circle Around) is the result of the testing ground project Circular Machine Building and was created in collaboration with the social production house of Quindo.
Our interviewees in this podcast
- Anna Maria Cornelia de Gersem - https://www.circleofcircularity.com/
- Steven Lambrecht - https://www.deltagroep.be/
- Maurits Vandeputte - https://www.valvan.com/
- Koen De Ruyck - https://purfi.com/
- Julie Lietaer - https://www.esg-group.eu/ en https://www.ariadne-innovation.com/
- Lieven Dhont - https://wijdelen.be/
- Frederic Lietaer - https://www.elietexperience.eu/ en https://www.elietmachines.com/
- Brian Legein
3 episodes
In episode one, Freek learns all about recycling in the textile sector. Textile entrepreneurs explain how all the players are present in Flanders today to close the loop in this industry and how AI is a game changer in this regard.
In episode two, Freek meets an entrepreneur who has decided to completely change course and no longer sell his machines, but rent them out instead. This means the machines are used more intensively and their lifespan is extended.
In this third and final episode, Freek reflects on the conversations he had and talks about the most striking lessons learned: the problem of fast fashion, the role of Europe, the fight against greenwashing and the threshold that entrepreneurs must overcome to take the first steps.
Play the game developed by Designregio Kortrijk and Voka West Flanders about the product-as-a-service business model:https://www.robomove.be/
Want to know more about circular entrepreneurship?
https://www.vlaio.be/nl/begeleiding-advies/duurzaam-ondernemen/circulaire-economie
