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Circular Transition in the Furniture Sector

A cura di: Mauro Attilio Ceconello, Rebecca Squeri

Circular Transition in the Furniture Sector

Insights from the CirCLER European Project

The furniture sector holds a strategic place in the European economy, yet also one of the heaviest environmental footprints of any manufacturing industry: millions of tonnes of waste each year, still mostly incinerated or landfilled. Knowing a sector has high circular potential, however, is not the same as realising it: what is missing are the people able to translate strategy and regulation into everyday industrial decisions.

Pages: 208

ISBN: 9788835199199

Edizione:1a edizione 2026

Publisher code: 10319.50

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The furniture sector holds a strategic place in the European economy, yet also one of the heaviest environmental footprints of any manufacturing industry: millions of tonnes of waste each year, still mostly incinerated or landfilled. Knowing a sector has high circular potential, however, is not the same as realising it: what is missing are the people able to translate strategy and regulation into everyday industrial decisions.
Developed from the results of the Erasmus+ project CirCLER, this volume brings together contributions from higher education institutions, research centres, sectoral associations and training providers across Europe, reading the circular transition of the furniture sector as a single systemic process spanning regulation, business models, design, technology and training.
The Circular Economy Transition Manager (CETM), a new hybrid professional profile bridging sustainability objectives and operational decisions across the wood-furniture value chain, is at the heart of this transition. Twelve chapters guide the reader from European policy to the concrete tools for designing, training and managing change. An interdisciplinary contribution for researchers, professionals and trainers.

Mauro Attilio Ceconello, Rebecca Squeri, Introduction
Rebecca Squeri, James Christopher Postell, The CirCLER Project: A Systemic Perspective on the Circular Transition of the Furniture Sector
Omar Degoli, Francesca Chiodaroli, Giorgia von Berger, Chiara Terraneo, European Policies Driving the Circular Transition of the Furniture Sector
Massimiliano Rumignani, Aleksandra Khirv, Julio Rodrigo, Skills and Competences for Circular Economy Transition Managers in the Furniture Sector
Erwan Mouazan, Nayeem Rahman, Circular Business Models in the Furniture Industry: An Ecosystem Perspective
Mauro Attilio Ceconello, Circular Design Strategies: A Life Cycle Approach for the Furniture Sector
Luminița-Maria Brenci, Camelia Coșereanu, R&D Techniques for Circular Product Development
María Victoria Gómez Gómez, Juan José Ortega-Gras, Key Enabling Technologies for Circular Transition in the Furniture Sector
Carlo Pace, Vocational Education and Training for the Furniture Sector
Josep Holgado Garcia, Training Methodologies for Circular Economy Education
Eduardo Sánchez Otero, Ana María Saborido Vilar, Distance Learning for the Improvement of Professional Competences
Radmila Ustych, Mentoring and Training Tools for the Circular Transition: Experience from the CETM Pilot within the CirCLER Project
Marco Denni, Carlo Proserpio, Lessons Learned from the CirCLER Project
Authors

Contributors: Lumini?a-Maria Brenci, Francesca Chiodaroli, Camelia Co?ereanu, Omar Degoli, Marco Denni, María Victoria Gómez Gómez, Josep Holgado Garcia, Aleksandra Khirv, Erwan Mouazan, Juan José Ortega-Gras, Eduardo Sánchez Otero, Carlo Pace, James Christopher Postell, Carlo Proserpio, Nayeem Rahman, Julio Rodrigo, Massimiliano Rumignani, Ana María Saborido Vilar, Chiara Terraneo, Radmila Ustych, Giorgia von Berger

Serie: Design International - Open Access

Subjects: Architecture, Design, Art, Urban and Regional Studies

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