Business case

Producing textile and leather products and processing them into apparel and accessories

Fashion and Textiles

Providing goods on the Internet, through mail order, or television, or providing goods in stores, including apparel, electronics, furniture, food and drug, etc.

Retail

Providing repair services or maintenance services for products or parts

Product maintenance, repair

Providing upgrade programmes or upgrade services for products or parts of products

Product upgrade

Providing DIY repair kits or spare part programmes for enabling self-repair

Self-repair, spare part service

Selling high quality, long-lasting products

Sale of durable, long-lasting goods

Selling parts of modular products that can be exchanged or replaced

Sale of exchangeable parts

Designing products of multiple parts that can be easily disassembled

Design for disassembly

Designing products of multiple parts that can be easily exchanged

Design for modularity

Designing products so they are able to be easily repaired

Design for repair

Solutions at all stages of the textiles value chain.

Zero Waste Textiles

Other

Industries

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The principles of a circular economy concern designing out waste, regenerating ecosystems and keeping items in use. Decoupling the economy from material flows—improving the rate of resource productivity faster than the economic growth rate—is also a consistent guide. By evolving with the growing number of applications of circular economy principles, and consolidating these strategies across thematic areas, Circle Economy’s Key Elements Framework (KE) renders the elements of the circular economy salient and serves as a basis to derive contextual strategies and interventions. 


The Framework consists of:
- Core Elements: Activities directly handling product or material flows; and uniquely,
- Enabling Elements: those that remove obstacles for core actors.


Key elements of the circular economy

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Circle Economy's framework of strategies and activities that define the circular economy

Urban Opportunities

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Based on the work of [Bocken et al. (2016)](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309699661_Product_design_and_business_model_strategies_for_a_circular_economy), the Four Flows Framework serves as a simple framework for managing resource flows in a circular economy by using less (Narrow), using for longer (Slow), using again (Cycle), and using clean, regenerative materials and energy (Regenerate).

These different principles of circular economy can be applied to our socioeconomic metabolism: we can design stocks like buildings, infrastructure, machinery, and vehicles to be rich resource mines for the future, and design manufactured goods and consumables to be cycled and made regenerative. Furthermore, the focus must also centre on getting more value out of fewer materials. Achieving the aims of a circular economy—minimising material use, regenerating the Earth, and preventing material losses—can be done through these four key strategies mentioned above.

Source: Circle Economy. (2023). *[The circularity gap report 2023](https://www.circularity-gap.world/2023)* (p.22). Amsterdam: Circle Economy. 

Four Flows Framework

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 PACK is a progressively modern brand with the belief that a bag is enjoyed over a lifetime and not just for a moment.
We create unisex modular accessories with the aim to inspire our customers towards conscious consumerism.
Established in Amsterdam in 2014 by Alei Verspoor – PACK bags are handcrafted in Europe using premium materials. Polyester webbing, lightweight nylon, and aluminum clips are carefully selected by the designer for their durability, function, and style. As we look towards the future– we’re committed to continuously improving our impact by using more recycled and circular materials.
By applying an innovative modular system, PACK bags are compromised of exchangeable elements; which means your bag can easily be recycled, repaired, and updated. Our elements come in a range of colors and material options, so you can fit your bag to your unique style.
And if for whatever reason your bag sustains any damage – we are directly available for any repairs you’ll need. 

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PACK BAGS

<p>PACK BAGS focuses on creating modular bags that can easily be assembled or disassembled. Founded by Alei Verspoor in 2014, PACK is a bag label and design studio based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Based on the concept of Design for Repair, the bags are an amalgamation of separate parts, each made from just one mono material. The high quality of the parts ensure a long-life whilst the bag can easily evolve by exchanging parts, following the change in taste and needs of the consumer.</p>