Title: Closing the Circularity Delta in Electronics
Type: Keynote
Event: MIT Platform Strategy Summit
Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA
In this video at the MIT Platform Strategy Summit, Peter Evans delivers a keynote on applying circular economy principles to electronics—boosting sustainability, extracting value, and meeting regulatory demands.
Core concept: The Circularity Delta
The gap between what a company spends on electronics annually vs. the net value recovered at retirement. Example: $1M spend, $100K recovered = 90% delta (only 10–15% value recovery through informal disposal).
Solution: Purpose-built circular platforms can push recovery to 30%+, cutting the delta in half and transforming ITAD into a value-generating operation.
Three-stage approach:
Pilot: Assess current recovery, identify improvements
Integrate: Align stakeholders, scale systems, embed circular platforms
Optimize: Use data to extend circularity to procurement, customer programs, sustainability—making it core to strategy
Why digital circular platforms matter:
Transparency, compliance, secure data handling
Multi-channel resale (B2B, B2C, C2C)
Greater scale and geographic reach
The Circularity Delta concept was developed by Peter C. Evans and Guennael “G” Delorme in their white paper, Scaling the Circular Economy for Electronics: Why Every Business Needs a Platform Strategy.