Product Design for the Circular Economy

This first course in the Sustainable and Circular Product Development specialization illustrates the product design tools necessary to implement Circular Economy (CE) principles. The course begins with an overview of the Circular Economy and why it is necessary today. It then discusses the design strategies involving Design for the Environment (DfE) and Design for “R”, where R refers to Reuse, Repair, Remanufacturing, and Recycling. This course goes deeper into the world of recycling, highlighting what happens at a Material Recovery Facility, or MRF, and the innovative sorting technologies rec…