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Design Sprint Monitor of Circular Economy

Virtual co-design session

After launching the strategy, the monitor circular economy developed a steady basis for further research, using governmental data sources: national import/use/export and waste management statistics, information about the total number of branches and employees in circular jobs as well as local surveys on the perceptions about the circular economy. The next step is connecting these insights with those of key players. In other words, the monitor aims to develop partnerships with citizen science, business R&D's and other forms of city science to create win-win scenarios on how Amsterdam can work towards 50% reduction of primary raw materials by 2030, full circularity by 2050, as well as enter the "sweet spot" of Kate Raworth's doughnut model. In this session the monitor circular economy was presented, and a co-design session was organised.

This session was moderated by Mesiha Tepic and Juan-Carlos Goilo.

In the virtual co-design session, the following challenge was chosen to work on in the session: Develop services for different stakeholders, so they can recognize themselves in the material streams. The other possible challenges can be seen in photo 1.

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Photo 1

 

Subsequently, design requirements were formulated for this challenge:

  • Include subsectors (hotels, citizens, etc.)
  • Interactive communication (people can bring in ideas)
  • Provide info on main actors per stream
  • Develop personas for different stakeholders
  • Consensus on data points across subsectors of a value chain
  • More detailed information about the commodity groups
  • A system where local companies/districts/streets can upload data (to contextualize the data)
  • Focus on just one value chain
  • The frequency of informational needs

 

Subsequently, these design requirements were further grouped and linked to an inspirational example (see photo 2), including the Together against food waste initiative, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the AMS session on organic waste on 17 February.

In conclusion, the importance of stakeholder involvement was emphasized. The city cannot develop a monitor in isolation. Value chains are dynamic and the necessary data can only be obtained through stakeholders.

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Photo 2

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