In operation since 2007, PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH produces food-grade recycled PET which is used for “bottle-to-bottle recycling”. Old PET bottles are turned into new ones in this resource-efficient recycling loop.
Attero is a waste management company with a very strong circular focus: it collects waste and converts it into secondary raw materials and produces energy from waste.
RCYCL is an on-demand service for the collection of bulky household and business waste, a sorting centre and network of recycling companies and social enterprises focusing on reuse, and a business which trains people and helps them break into the labour market.
Founded in 2015, the Circular Economy Coalition for Europe is a platform of scientists and universities in the fields of resource management, waste management and anthropogenic metabolism. Working to support the transformation of the EU to an effective and efficient circular economy, the experts provide the European institutions, national decision-makers, businesses and the interested public with facts and data based on scientific methods and evidence.
Destaclean® Puukivi (Wood stone) is a recycled material which is ecological, lightweight, durable and easy to machine. It is a composite of pure recycled wood fibre, rock minerals, cement and water.
As an adviser for environmental and climate policy, Leon de Graaf particularly follows policies related to the circular economy, trade and climate, low-emission mobility, implementation of the Paris climate agreement (COP21) and the European emission trading system (EU ETS). He is also deputy manager of BusinessEurope's corporate Advisory and Support Group (ASGroup). Prior to joining BusinessEurope, Leon worked at the research consultancy Ecorys, focusing on renewable energy and international development issues, at DG COMP on energy and environmental subsidies in Europe, and at the Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) on indirect ETS costs for energy-intensive industries. Leon has a MSc in environmental economics and climate change from the London School of Economics, and a BSc in business economics from the University of Groningen.
Following the business model of a sustainable repair shop, R.U.S.Z is a social business which started in 1998 as a work integration social enterprise for long-term unemployed persons.
The city of Almere, working together with local stakeholders and the company Millvision, has developed an innovative circular economy partnership.
The aquatic plant which grows in the lake is a local and renewable input for paper production. It is also circular since something that would otherwise be discarded as waste is used as a raw material.
