4. ADVICE FROM EXPERTS

Erick Bouwer, CEO.

Circos, Denmark.

Advices from the expert:

1. Pay monthly per item for the right size and for the right occasion, at a fraction of the usual shop price, and swap for other size or style at any time.
2. Make it easy to update your wardrobe with home delivery and, even in a greener way, at accessible pick-up points.
3. Reduce your carbon footprint by up to 80% for the items you rent instead of buy.

Britta Wegner, Owner.

Geldfuermuell, Germany.

Advices from the expert:

1. Empty printer cartridges are not rubbish; they usually have some cash value. Do not throw away them but sell your empty original toner cartridges or inkjet cartridges to recovering organisations, such as Geldfuermuell.
2. The environment benefits from certified waste disposal specialists as they contribute to extend the lifetime of cartdriges.
3. Trained specialists ensure that cartridges are professionally emptied and refilled.

Andreia Sousa, Researcher.

CICECO, Portugal.

Advices from the expert:

1. CICECO developed a simple, innovative and environmentally friendly process for recycling polyesters such as PEF or PET, which are often used in plastic bottles commonly used once and then thrown away.
2. This contributes to the recyclability of these polymers and to circular economy, while avoiding the pollution of the planet with plastic.
3. By using this single-step method, polyesters never lose their properties and, thus, can theoretically be recycled an infinite number of times.