Circular Economy
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A Claude Code Skill That Builds, Researches and Stress Tests Business Models
I wrote two Claude Code skills that build, research and stress test business models, published them under an MIT licence, and pointed them at a project I ran myself. In 2021 I worked with the Government of Seychelles on ReNeT, a circular economy project for the industrial tuna fleet’s end-of-life fishing nets. The system design…
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Scotland’s household recycling has been stuck for a decade
The official numbers, council by council. Scotland’s household recycling rate peaked in 2017 and has drifted since, the legal 60 percent target for 2020 was missed by a wide margin, and a growing share of what looks like diversion from landfill is really incineration. This is that data, read by someone who has built these…
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Designing a Coastal City Waste System: Lessons from Project STOP, Indonesia
How to design a municipal waste system for a coastal city in a low-infrastructure context. Methodology and case study from three Indonesian cities, drawing on Project STOP.
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Scaling a Take-Back Programme Across European Markets: Lessons from Interface ReEntry
How to design and relaunch a corporate take-back programme across multiple European markets. Methodology and a comparative case from Interface ReEntry across the UK, Ireland, Spain and Benelux.
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Designing a Circular Economy from Scratch: A Field Methodology
How to design a circular economy intervention from scratch, with a methodology and a real case study from the Indian Ocean fishing-net industry.
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What an AI-Augmented Consultant Actually Does
What an AI-augmented field consultant actually does. AI compresses the desk work so the operational work grows. Real projects.
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Why Sustainability Tasks Use 3-9x Less AI Than Equivalent Work
The gap widens where values and judgment matter most. Cognitive analysis of Claude usage data filtered by sustainability.
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How Generative AI is Changing the Circular Economy
My name is Borja, and I help organizations implement sustainable operations worldwide. I’ve spent the last decade working in Operational Excellence at Kaizen Institute, launching entrepreneurial initiatives like FlipSimply, East Bali Bamboo Bikes, and Earth.fm, and scaling Circular Economy projects with companies like Interface, Project Stop, and Bureo. One thing I’ve learned? Most businesses are…
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Top Sources for Recycling Nylon Fishing Nets in Europe
Introduction Each year, more than eight million metric tons of plastic find their way into the world’s oceans, a significant portion of which consists of abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG). These materials not only pose severe threats to marine life and habitats but also contribute to the broader environmental crisis of ocean…