Desso CEO Pushes Circular Economy: 'Waste Is Food For New Products'

Alexander Collot d'Escury, the CEO of Desso, a global carpet company, talked with HuffPost Live at the World Economic Forum in Davos Friday about the benefits of a circular economy, in which old products are reused to manufacture new ones. "Using waste is food for new products," Collot d'Escury told HuffPost Live. Desso, which is based in The Netherlands, itself produces new high-quality carpets from old ones. Or as Collot d'Escury explained it: "We up-cycle waste." Collot d'Escury is promoting ...