Industrial symbiosis
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CYRKL - Exchange of secondary raw materials
CYRKL is an on-line platform – secondary raw materials exchange – that aims to help recover materials, which have already fulfilled their primary function, but are still utilizable and suitable for further processing. The exchange enables companies and municipalities to offer or demand secondary...
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Eco-Innovation LT+
Eco-Innovation LT+ encourages micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises to install eco-innovative technology to reduce the adverse effects of climate change and the greenhouse effect. Financed activities of Eco-Innovation LT+ include: Investing in tangible assets that reduce the negative...
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Environmental performance in Brittany
The Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Brittany and the Ademe have set up a multi-dimensional programme to improve companies' environmental management. Five key areas are adressed: energy efficiency, waste efficiency, circular economy, eco-design and eco-innovation. Companies can contact...
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CD2E - Creation Development of Eco-Enterprise in Haut-de-France
The Creation Development of Eco-Enterprise is one of the largest clusters in France and Europe to work on eco-technologies, bringing together around 250 members (companies, research centres, entrepreneurs, public institutions, etc.) in the Haut-de-France region. It has developed tools and actions to...
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Climaxion - energy transition and circular economy in région Grand Est
Climaxion is the regional programme for the energy transition and the circular economy in the Grand Est region in France. It revolves around four main themes: energy efficient and sustainable buildings, renewable energies, circular economy and resource saving, climate action and sustainable...
Best practices
A second life for rice waste
Viable plastic alternative Ten years of R&D pays off by discovering a second use for rice waste Tackling an agricultural waste issue by transforming rice husk into plastics La Cámara, cooperative storage and rice processing facilities established by farmers in the Ebro River Delta in 1927, processes...
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Reusing coffee grounds to produce vegetables and compost
The 4Ps of success SME collects and re-uses coffee grounds to produce mushrooms 25 % of turnover in 2018, concludes three years of increasing turnover PermaFungi, an urban agricultural and circular economy organisation in Brussels, collects and re-uses coffee grounds from restaurants to cultivate...
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Manufacturing oil-absorbent rugs from used textiles
Textile company's textbook circular economy case Textile company looks for ways to cut waste and develop new products A solid test case for circular economic thinking, diverting waste from landfill The textile industry alone produces around 20 million kilogrammes of textile waste annually. Of total...
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Bioethanol and animal feed from bread spill of grocery stores
Bread salvagers Bread surplus from a Finnish grocery trading cooperative is used to produce bioethanol and animal feed Leftovers are collected from over 50 stores and bakeries in and around Helsinki The Helsinki Cooperative Society Elanto - or HOK-Elanto - is a grocery trading cooperative operating...
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Recycled and repurposed rubber materials save money
Welcome ... to recycled rubber mats Welcome mats using recycled rubber, as good as new but 10-15 % cheaper to make Circular economy player before the notion existed The Belgian firm Verimpex has been an important player in the circular economy before the concept even existed. For the past 30 years...
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Pioneering French company invests in new green energy
The fruity aroma of success French fruit wholesaler and marketer turns its 1 800 tonne-a-year headache into an efficient biogas energy and heat plant Energy independence, co-generation potential, fertiliser for farms, partnerships with neighbouring companies, and more Boyer SAS is fresh fruit giant...
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Big savings by optimising waste management and reducing water use
More than a pebble story... Joint waste-sorting and resource conservation efforts yields good results for the company, environment and staff Material losses reduced by 264 tonnes (saving € 53 000 a year), and 57 % cost savings on waste Le Moulin is a flour milling company based in Martinique, the...