Circular IT and Closing the Loop with Joost De Kluijver

Getting In the Loop: Circular Economy | Sustainability | Closing the Loop

Joost de Kluijver joins us on the podcast today! Joost is the founder and CEO of the social enterprise Closing the Loop (CTL), which has developed a service that delivers on the growing demand for circular IT. Prior to founding CTL, Joost worked for Accenture and the Global Reporting Initiative.

In this episode, you will learn about the work Joost and his organization CTL is doing to enable proper collection and recycling of African e-waste and find out how their service provides a solution for circular procurement of IT in Europe. Resources and links discussed in this episode can be found at gettinginthelooppodcast.com .

HIGHLIGHTS
2:20 Why it is important to close the loop on electronics
7:15 How Closing the Loop delivers value to two customer groups
9:45 Circular IT services and work with brands such as Samsung
12:30 Supply chain certification tools and collection
14:30 Challenges of setting up IT collection systems in Africa
17:30 Why electronic waste recycling has yet to happen in Africa
23:00 Common misconceptions about e-waste in Europe and Africa
26:00 The future of circular IT