Circular economy

  • Challenge 3

    Rethink Circular Materials in Retail

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    Help IKEA Denmark reach their goal of be 2030 goal of becoming fully circular and climate-positive. Today, zero-waste operations are held back by subjective grading of returned items, no real-time resale pricing, and labor-intensive manual sorting of complex, multi-material waste.

    The goal is to explore how AI, automation, and data can help IKEA make smarter circular decisions, from waste recognition to data-enabled routing and human-machine collaboration, keeping products and materials at their highest value for longer and minimizing the use of virgin materials.

  • Challenge 1

    Circular Futures – Waste to Worth for Families in Kibera

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    100% for the Children is an international NGO working with local communities in Kenya to improve education, child protection, health and climate resilience. In Kibera, many families rely on irregular, low-paid work, making it difficult to build financial stability and provide secure futures for their children.

    The challenge explores how waste can be transformed into products, services and local businesses that create more stable incomes and greater financial independence for caregivers, while supporting a cleaner and more climate-resilient community.

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OpenInnovation is Copenhagen’s flagship student innovation challenge, bringing over 120 students, researchers, and sustainable innovation enthusiasts together with innovation experts and key actors in the Danish ecosystems.

Contact

Sara Dømler
Project Manager
sardera@dtu.dk