Circular Supply Chain Podcast

Marcus Karten
Since 06/2025 5 episodes
Welcome to the Circular Supply Chain Podcast—a space for honest conversations about transforming how the world makes, moves, and reuses materials. Hosted by Sven Schürer and Marcus Karten, we explore why circularity is more than sustainability buzzwords—it’s smart design, resilient operations, and a mindset ready for tomorrow’s challenges.
Every episode brings you peer-level insights from pioneers who turn supply chains into engines of lasting impact.

From Recycling to Value Creation: Circular Supply Chains in Electronics & E-Mobility

Karel Eijkenaar (Logicall) on how returns, repairs, and component harvesting create new revenue streams

2025-09-04 36 min

In this episode we talk with Karel Eijkenaar from Logicall about building full life-cycle strategies that go beyond recycling. Circularity isn’t just sustainability—it’s smarter supply chains, resilient services, and new revenue models. Expect hands-on insights on reverse logistics in electronics, e-mobility use cases, component harvesting, and why “start small, then scale” is the fastest path to value.

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Talent, Trust, and Transactions: What Powers Circular Supply Chains

From executive search to M&A: David Watson on what really drives scale in reverse logistics

2025-08-05 31 min

In this episode, we talk with David Watson from RL People and RL Equity about what truly drives circular supply chains at scale: the right people, systems th...

We Sell the Coat Three Times” – Why Circularity Is the Smarter Business

From Linear Waste to Circular Value—The Business Case for Doing Better

2025-07-15 30 min

In this episode, we speak with Wolfgang Lehmacher, former Head of Supply Chain and Transport at the World Economic Forum, about why circular supply chains ar...

From Waste to Value: Rethinking Circularity with Ave Crotti

Why circular supply chains begin at design—not recycling

2025-07-01 31 min

In this episode, we talk with Ave Crotti from Kühne+Nagel about rethinking supply chains from linear waste streams to regenerative loops. Circularity isn’t j...