Electronic devices, books, furniture, the weekly grocery shopping, toothpaste and diapers - consumers are used to having all their everyday essentials delivered to their doorstep. Until now, however, delivery services continue their rounds afterwards and only take back empties. If they would also transport packaging and spent goods, materials could be separated more cleanly and recycled more easily. That would be a major step forward for the circular economy.
The potential of circular logistics is an important topic at the Circular Valley Forum on November 15 in the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal. More than 1,200 decision-makers are expected to attend the major meeting of the circular economy. They will hold large-scale discussions and confidential talks on current developments in the circular economy.
The panel on logistics includes Viktor Haase, State Secretary in the NRW Ministry of the Environment, Angela Titzrath and Markus Bangen, CEOs of the ports in Hamburg and Duisburg, Karlkristian Dischinger, CEO of logistics company Karl Dischinger, and Philipp Junge, COO of chemicals distributor OQEMA. They are all experts in perfectly digitalized and organized logistics on a large scale. At the Circular Valley Forum, they will discuss how this know-how can be applied to the last mile and reverse logistics.