“…Thus, both the researcher and the participants worked together to solve a common problem: the large volume of waste generated by the furniture sector in Uberlândia. In order to face these issues from a design standpoint, the theoretical references were based on inter-organizational collaborative networks building (Zurlo & Nunes, 2016), Strategic Design (Mozota, 2011, Zurlo, 2012, Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (Manzini, Collina, & Evans, 2004;Manzini, 2008;Manzini & Vezzoli, 2008;Cavalcante, Preto, Pereira, & Figueiredo, 2012), Circular Economy (WEF, 2014; EEA, 2017) and Socioenvironmental Responsibility (Kazazian, 2005;Tachizawa, 2002;Santos, Vezzoli, Cortesi, 2008) within the furniture sector.…”