Seattle Good Business Network- Reuse and Recycle Marketplace Creation
OPPORTUNITY: When Seattle Good Business Network members asked for a place where they could buy, sell and exchange used and excess materials, SGBN leadership saw an opportunity to build an online marketplace for Seattle and surrounding region that could tackle the complex problem of waste management.
APPROACH: Circular by Design led a series of multi-stakeholder workshops with public and private partners to understand challenges, opportunities, vision and mission around a circular economy for the Seattle regional area. Workshops and ongoing conversations are informing an early version of a materials reuse and exchange online platform as well as a later prototype that will scale to serve larger region. CBD is also engaging circular design tools and methods to assist local businesses to launch new, circular business models. The new business ventures will be onboarded into the new digital marketplace environment to streamline important communications and provide tools needed for circular market offerings.
IMPACT: This project is ongoing.
Screenshot of early prototype of reuse and recycle marketplace