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https://www.economiecirculaire.org/initiative/h/stimergy-recovers-heat-from-serv…

Cooling servers, cleaning bodies: recycled heat from server room provides hot water in the sports hall showers of the Jean Moulin University, Lyon

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Stimergy

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France

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Stimergy by using a liquid cooling and heat recovery system in server rooms or by decentralising its servers in "digital boilers" located in residential and public buildings recycles heat from data servers to water heating systems. Thanks to its liquid heat recovery system, Stimergy both reduces energy waste of servers and energy needs of water heating systems.

https://www.aurubis.com/de/verantwortung/ressourceneffizienz-und-recycling/closi…

Cooperation between Aurubis and Grillo-Werke yields a perfect closed loop for copper and zinc

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Aurubis

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Germany

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Aurubis, an expert in multi-metal recycling, and Grillo-Werke, specialised in zinc and sulphur products, cooperate to make a perfect closed loop for non ferrous trace elements.

Residual zinc from copper production is used by Grillo-Werke as a secondary raw material for zinc sulfate. Residues from this production - including copper, tin and lead - are then fed back to Aurubis.

http://www.eco3.fi/en/

From waste water to biofuels: ECO3 bio- and circular economy business area

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ECO3 bio- and circular economy business park

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Finland

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An innovative, industrial-scale, multidisciplinary bio- and circular economy business area, ECO3, is being built. A new creative ecosystem has been developed, which exceeds traditional sector boundaries, and in which one person’s waste is another’s commodity. The plant is expected to be fully operational in 2018.

http://www.awv.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/12020591/108619355

Waste to Energy all the ways in the district of Leoben, Austria

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Waste management board - district of Leoben, Austria

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Austria

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In the district of Leoben, about 12 300 tons of municipal waste were buried without any energy recovery until 2003. Since 2004, landfill regulations prescribe a pre-treatment of waste before landfill deposit and a new scheme for waste management with multiple treatment options allowed a reduction of municipal waste to a quarter and the production of heat and electricity for local use.

http://www.circulary.eu/project/renault-suez-vehicles/

INDRA, a competitive end-of-life vehicles treatment branch, recuperates up to 95% of car mass

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INDRA (Industry National Dismantling & Recycling Automotive)

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France, Spain

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Renault and Suez (formely Sita France), through their joint-venture INDRA have created a competitive end-of-life vehicle treatment program which is comprised of a network of 350 end of life (EVL) dismantlers. In 2016 recovered 355 000 end of life vehicles.

http://marketplacehub.org/

Offer and demand in secondary raw materials? Make the perfect match on MarketplaceHub

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Marketplace Hub

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Switzerland

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Marketplace Hub maps raw materials markets and industrial synergy networks worldwide by both their locations and what material they trade. It aims to aid interested businesses to find where they could source or sell their materials secondary raw materials.
Best practices, policies, and lessons learned are also included in the interactive web-based platform.

https://www.royalhaskoningdhv.com/en-gb/services/a-z-services/take-back-chemical…

The functional economy in the chemical industry: 8 case studies demonstrate efficiency and sustainability

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Royal HaskoningDHV

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Netherlands

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Take Back Chemicals is innovating by proposing a 'functional economy' business model in the use of chemicals. Traditional business models are based on sales per volume, whereas TBC uses "chemical leasing" and regeneration process for greater efficiency and sustainability.  

The report is based on the study of 3 cases in Belgium and 5 cases in the Netherlands with leading chemical industries.

http://www.binee.com/en/home/

Electric and electronic waste: a little incentive goes a long way

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Binee

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Germany

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Binee is a local recycling service to dispose of outdated electric and electronic appliances, gaining success by its understanding of consumers' expectations and behaviours. A right mix between convenience, digital tracking, transparency and reward system makes it an efficient approach to maximise 'Urban mining' in EEEW.

http://www.aquafil.com/sustainability/econyl/

Meet Econyl®, the high quality regenerated nylon yarn

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Aquafil

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Italy, Slovenia

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Used nylons, mainly from the fishing industry, are gathered, reprocessed and turned into an innovative ecological nylon material, called econyl. They are afterwards sold for further use.

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