Managing and Transforming Waste Streams Tool

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Website | Free

A tool by the EPA for managing and transforming waste streams.  This resource provides ideas for and examples of waste management taking into consideration sectors,... Read More

Circular Economy Toolbox - Measuring Circular Economy

The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) | Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Book / Report | Free

There is no single accepted framework exists to enable organizations to assess and report their “circularity.”  This website explains the metrics presented in the Circular... Read More

RIVM Sustainability method selection tool

Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

Website | Free

RIVM helps you find the best method for answering your sustainability question. There is a growing need to measure the effectiveness of efforts to realise a biobased and... Read More

MarketplaceHUB

WBCSD

Website | Free | Oct 10, 2016

The MarketplaceHUB is a tool for businesses and policymakers to establish a network of circular economy practitioners.  It allows users to find a marketplace according to... Read More

Circularity Indicators Methodology

Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Book / Report | Free | May 01, 2015

This paper describes a methodology for calculating a Material Circularity Indicator for manufactured products and companies. The prime purpose of this paper is to describe... Read More

Circular Economy Toolbox

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center (CCC) Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

Other | Free

This web-based toolbox to help the private sector incorporate circularity into their core principles and business practices. The toolbox assists companies at any stage of... Read More

Towards the Circular Economy: Accelerating the Scale-Up Across Global Supply Chains

McKinsey | Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Other | Free

Business leaders, consumers and governments alike have discovered that continued wealth generation requires a new industrial model that is less dependent on primary energy... Read More

BS 8001:2017 Circular Economy Standard - Framework

British Standards Institute (BSI)

Other | Paid

Framework for implementing the principles of the circular economy in organizations. 

Waste Calculator

American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York | ClosedLoops | Foodprint Group | Kiss + Cathcart, Architects

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free

Use this calculator to figure out the volume of waste that your building will generate. See how reducing waste generation, increasing waste diversion and using volume... Read More

Sustainable Manufacturing and Recycling Technologies (SMART)

Sustainable Manufacturing and Recycling Technologies (SMART)

Other | Paid

Sustainable Manufacturing and Recycling Technologies (SMART) is a research and development centre, located at Loughborough University, formed in 2004. Its remit is to... Read More

Circular Economy Toolbox - Glossary

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center (CCC) Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

Other | Free

Glossary on Circular Economy terms.

Circular Advantage

Accenture

Framework / Guidelines | Free

Companies face a rapidly increasing challenge, and opportunity, to grow their businesses and create value amidst volatile and scarce supply of natural resources and... Read More

Carbon Footprint Calculator

Green Progress

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free

Online carbon footprint calculator

Carbon Footprint Calculator

Valley Community for Recycling Solutions

Calculator / Equations / Formula | Free

Online carbon footprint calculator

The Global Recycled Standard

Textile Exchange

Other | Free

The Global Recycled Standard (GRS) is an international, voluntary, full product standard that sets requirements for third -party certification of Recycled Content, chain of... Read More