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Circular Economy:

Transition for Future Sustainability

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Why enroll in this course?

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Be a sustainable innovator in your organization by analyzing circular economies at both corporate and social levels.

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Examine circular economies using a systems approach, considering institutional frameworks and policies.

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Comprehend the meaning and evolution of circular economies and explore the roles that material science, the economy, institutional structures, and technology play in shaping this concept.

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Engage in two live sessions with MIT instructors, and up to eight live sessions with learning facilitators, industry experts, and peers.

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Networking opportunities establish professional connections with industry experts and your cohort.

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Access to rich supplementary resources provides additional materials and content for a more thorough educational journey.

Certificate

Certificate

All the participants who successfully complete their program will receive an MIT Professional Education Certificate of Completion, as well as Continuing Education Units (CEUs)*.

To obtain CEUs, complete the accreditation confirmation, which is available at the end of the course. CEUs are calculated for each course based on the number of learning hours.

*The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is defined as 10 contact hours of ongoing learning to indicate the amount of time they have devoted to a non-credit/non-degree professional development program. To understand whether or not these CEUs may be applied toward professional certification, licensing requirements, or other required training or continuing education hours, please consult your training department or licensing authority directly.

Course outline

By shifting your organization to a Circular Economy, you can ensure growth over time while treating waste as a design flaw. By doing this, we take the outdated linear system and make it circular with resiliency. Circular Economies are emerging as a necessity as the overexploitation of natural resources increases.

  • What Is a Circular Economy, and Why Is It Important?

  • Linear Economy and Circular Economy

  • States Currently Planning for a Circular Economy

  • Linear and Circular Balance Between Developing and Developed Countries

  • Biotic (Biological) and Abiotic (Technical) Material and Energy Cycles

  • Measures of Circularity Across Major Industries

  • Circular Economy Strategies for Business

  • Challenges, Debates, Unintended Consequences, and Rebound

  • Industrial Ecology and Circular Economies

  • Ecological Economics and Circular Economies

  • Industry and a Circular Economy in a Changing Climate

  • A Climate Primer and the Circular Economy

  • Material and Energy Flows From Decarbonization

  • Climate Change and the Circular Economy: Key Industrial Sectors

  • Consumption, Climate Change, and a Circular Economy

  • Natural Capital Accounting

  • Implications of Natural Capital Accounting for Businesses and Circular Economies

  • Public-Private Partnerships

  • Waste Management and Resource Recovery

  • Municipal Solid Waste-Resource Recovery

  • Municipal Wastewater Reuse and Resource Recovery Agricultural Waste Resource Recovery

  • Opportunities and Challenges in Waste-Recovery Systems

  • Introduction to Recycling

  • Traditional Technologies for Waste Management

  • Established Technologies for Recycling

  • Emerging and Novel Technologies for Recycling

  • Figures of Merit for Recycling

  • Life Support in Space

  • Modeling Approaches and Tools

  • Model Scale and Case Studies

  • Generalized Multi-Commodity Network Flows

  • The Economic Model for Circularity

  • Costs and Prices of Recycled Commodities

  • The Business of Waste Management and Circular Economy

  • Measuring the Circular Economy

  • Emerging Metrics for Circularity in Organizations

  • Technologies for Sensing and Measurement

  • Data and Analytics for Decisions

Who is this online course for?

  • Sustainability professionals looking to deepen their understanding of the Circular Economy, either to specialize their careers in this field or become more well-rounded leaders.

  • Managers from a variety of backgrounds and industries seeking to create sustainable economic growth models for their organizations.

  • Consultants operating at local, national, and international levels seeking to understand key aspects of sustainability and the circular economy to offer innovative, eco-friendly solutions to clients across diverse sectors.

  • Professionals in Industries and sectors that are very material-sensitive who want to mitigate negative environmental impacts and seek more sustainable and effective methods for the construction of their materials

  • Climate Consortium members who aim to accelerate the implementation of large-scale, real-world solutions to address climate change challenges while inspiring transformative climate progress across industries and the globe.

Instructors

MPE - Faculty - John E Fernández
Prof. John E. Fernández

Professor of Building Technology Program in the Department of Architecture and Director of MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

MPE - Faculty - Sfreen Siddiqi
Dr. Afreen Siddiqi

Research scientist, MIT and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

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Prof. Olivier De Weck

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems, MIT

This course really helped to understand all the emerging frameworks that reframe so much of what I have experienced in land conservation and nature-based solution space. I advocate for incentivized solutions in the public and private sectors, so this course helped me repackage case studies to incorporate fundamental principles, values, and visions for circular economy. I see how it will help with project management and project advising. It also introduced me to entirely new view of the world through industrial ecosystem management. I tend to work with companies and clients to turn land from an undervalued resource into a working capital asset, extending the life and ecosystem functions of the natural landscape. I can now talk about this from a circular economy business model that will add value and continue to differentiate my expertise. The content was incredibly robust and comprehensive. I appreciated continued access to the curated porfolio of resources provided. It was definitely more than I expected.
Sharon Richardson
Circular Economy Activist,
Resilient Lands Matter

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