Circular product development strategies for sustainable production and consumption based on waste valorization

Daiane Rossi is currently Ph.D. candidate for the Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). She holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Chemistry from the UFRGS, Brazil. Her research mainly spans the topics of recycling, bioeconomy, sustainability and business models..

Fernando Henrique Lermen has a Ph.D. and master’s in industrial engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Agroindustrial Engineering. He is Adjunct Professor at the State University of Paraná and a visiting researcher at the Technological University of Peru, teaching themes like innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability. His research mainly spans the topics of agriculture, food production, product development, product-service systems, value approaches, sustainability and agro-industry.

Márcia Elisa Echeveste holds an B.S. in Statistics and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the UFRGS. She is Full Professor in the Statistics Department and the Industrial Engineering Graduate Program at UFRGS. Her research interests include studying new product development (NPD) methods, quality engineering, statistics analysis and innovation.