A Sustainability Expert Bridging Design Education and Circular Economy Practice
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Delft University of TechnologyJos Vlugter currently serves as a circular economy consultant at Partners for Innovation while maintaining his role as a junior lecturer in Circular Product Design at TU Delft's Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. After graduating from the Strategic Product Design programme in 2017, where his thesis focused on investigating barriers to plastics recycling and cross-industry applications of recycled plastics, he has made significant contributions to sustainable design education. His work includes developing key educational initiatives such as the Circular Economy: An Introduction MOOC and the Delft Design Approach MOOCs. At TU Delft, he teaches Sustainable Packaging in a Circular Economy, focusing on closed-loop packaging systems and renewable materials. Within the INCREACE project, he researches consumer acceptance of recycled plastics in electrical and electronic equipment, demonstrating his commitment to bridging academic knowledge with practical industry applications in circular economy and sustainable design.