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TRAnsformative scenario design for Circular Economy business

To transition from mass production and consumption to circular economy (CE) businesses, it is necessary to go beyond recycling technologies and redesign policies and business models that offer value through services. This project aims to develop methods for creating transition scenarios towards CE, focusing on minimizing environmental impact while generating economic value. Targeting home appliances, we collaborate with companies including manufacturers and subscription service providers to design and evaluate CE scenarios, considering life cycle impacts and consumer behavior. By integrating product life cycle and consumer models, and conducting experiments, we will build a simulation-based framework to support CE scenario creation and effective policy design.

The project consists of the following two sub-themes:

  • Sub-theme 1: Developing a transformative scenario modeling method for CE business
  • Sub-theme 2: Consumer data collection and experiments
  • manufacturers
  • home appliances
  • workshop