Dr. Karine Van Doorsselaer is a senior lecturer in the Product Development department of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. She is an Ecodesign specialist and is author of the book "Ecodesign: Ontwerpen voor een duurzame en circulaire economie" in Dutch.
Prof. Dr. Rudy Koopmans is Director of the Plastics Innovation Competence Center (PICC), Director of the Institute of Applied Plastics Research, and Professor at the University of Applied Sciences (HEIA-FR) at Fribourg, Switzerland. He is also owner of Koopmans Consulting GmbH, located in Zürich, Switzerland, and is a former R&D Fellow at The Dow Chemical Company, with more than 40 years of international R&D and business experience in the plastics industry.
Dr. Karine Van Doorsselaer is a senior lecturer in the Product Development department of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. She is an Ecodesign specialist and is author of the book "Ecodesign: Ontwerpen voor een duurzame en circulaire economie" in Dutch.
Prof. Dr. Rudy Koopmans is Director of the Plastics Innovation Competence Center (PICC), Director of the Institute of Applied Plastics Research, and Professor at the University of Applied Sciences (HEIA-FR) at Fribourg, Switzerland. He is also owner of Koopmans Consulting GmbH, located in Zürich, Switzerland, and is a former R&D Fellow at The Dow Chemical Company, with more than 40 years of international R&D and business experience in the plastics industry.
"The book Ecodesign by Van Doorsselaer and Koopmans serves as a key guide for designers, organizations, governments, companies, or anybody else with an interest in a sustainable future, by addressing three main topics in 11 chapters. [...] This book provides the necessary clarity and tools to assess current products and support and inspire design of new ones to minimize the environmental impact and improve the circularity." TPE Magazine, February 2022
“Expanding on the cradle-to-cradle ideal of full recyclability and reuse, this multifaceted book brings together the wide diversity of inputs and participants that must exist for a viable and economically sustainable approach to full resource utilization. We all know it is a hard target, and many past efforts have fallen short, but Doorselaer and Koopmans lay out what has to be in place for true, full-cycle circularity to work.” Robert Sylvest, President, Opportunity Analysis Associates, LLC.
"The book Ecodesign by Van Doorsselaer and Koopmans serves as a key guide for designers, organizations, governments, companies, or anybody else with an interest in a sustainable future, by addressing three main topics in 11 chapters. [...] This book provides the necessary clarity and tools to assess current products and support and inspire design of new ones to minimize the environmental impact and improve the circularity." TPE Magazine, February 2022
“Expanding on the cradle-to-cradle ideal of full recyclability and reuse, this multifaceted book brings together the wide diversity of inputs and participants that must exist for a viable and economically sustainable approach to full resource utilization. We all know it is a hard target, and many past efforts have fallen short, but Doorselaer and Koopmans lay out what has to be in place for true, full-cycle circularity to work.” Robert Sylvest, President, Opportunity Analysis Associates, LLC.