Mahdi Takaffoli

Mahdi Takaffoli is the CEO of 5REDO (https://5redo.ca/), a consulting company dedicated to advancing sustainability and business growth through circular economy principles and strategies. Working across multiple sectors, 5REDO specializes in circularity integration, life cycle assessment, and R&D in bio-based materials and waste-to-resource processes.  

Mahdi is the co-editor of Biocomposites and the Circular Economy book, published in 2025. and has co-authored several articles on circular plastic economy in peer-reviewed journals. As a research manager at the University of British Columbia, he played a key role in supporting small and medium sizes companies on advancing their circular economy innovations through collaboration with university labs. Mahdi is an alumnus of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's From Linear to Circular Programme.