6 Mar 2019
The Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform annual conference will take place on 6 and 7 March 2019.
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Secondary raw materials
31 Jan 2019
This event organised by the Aldersgate Group will debate the progress made over the last five years on the circular economy and plastics agenda, how to ensure that momentum continues, and what should be key priorities for European policy makers after the European elections and change of Commission.
16 Jan 2019
Set up an international platform to share data and experiences, and coordinate industrial policies and trade to conserve resources and energy.
14 Feb 2019
The workshop will provide delegates with an insight into the instruments of the European Commission and the driving forces behind the Circular Economy.
Valdelia - facilitating waste management for the non-household furniture sector in France
Valdelia is a non-profit simplified joint stock company (SAS) founded in 2011 by 13 companies specializing in the manufacture of non-household furniture in order to set up a joint service for the management of non-household furniture waste.
Valdelia was approved by the French authorities in December 2012 for the management of non-household furniture waste. Valdelia supplies professional furniture marketers with a shared, turnkey solution enabling them to meet new regulatory obligations for furniture waste management. It favours upcycling whenever possible and in the process is actively contributing to social entrepreneurship in the sector.
24 Jan 2019 to 25 Jan 2019
The Sustainable Angle’s Future Fabrics Expo is the largest dedicated showcase of sustainable materials for the fashion and textile industry in Europe.
09 Jan 2019 to 11 Jun 2019
In view of the environmental, economic and social challenges facing our current society, the Walloon Brabant region is determined to offer a space for balanced discussions, guidelines and for helping make the right decisions, to be taken today to preserve the generations of tomorrow. In order to encourage exemplary initiatives, raise awareness and encourage people to adopt good practices, Walloon Brabant organises Trophées Incidences 2019 for businesses, farmers, associations, individuals and public services.
Circular Economy Platform of Ports (LOOP-Ports)
LOOP-Ports aims to facilitate the transition to a more circular economy in the port sector, providing an innovation ecosystem around port activity fostering circular economy initiatives, and facilitating the exchange of experiences and good practices.
This network will focus on high-emitting materials, mainly metals, plastics, cements and biomaterials.
The expected results of LOOP-Ports are the following:
- Compilation of a wide range of examples of circular economy activities already implemented in the port sector at EU level as well as some additional best practices around the world;
- Analysis of the main drivers (legal, policy, finance, market structures,...) to identify the opportunities for intervention and to formulate specific recommendations in order to boost the development of circular economy activities at port ecosystems;
- Elaboration of tailored training materials and development of training pilots to improve skills, knowledge and innovation capacities both within and among different port clusters;
- Establishment of a database with all the information collected from the EU ports (following the variables considered as relevant to map the EU ports in terms of circular economy);
- Setting up of a web tool on circular economy showing the project results, enabling the exchange of information among the members of the network, stakeholders and general public;
- Creation of a cross-EU Network of ports focused on circular economy activities. Organisation of workshops/roundtables with stakeholders to collect their interests, points of view and expectations;
- Development of business models - real use cases selected during the project -, analysing their replicability in other ports with similar characteristics.
All the port stakeholders are welcome to join the Circular Economy Network of Ports.
LOOP-ports is a project funded by EIT under Climate-KIC Programme. Duration: 26 months (October 2018 – November 2020)
Consortium
• FUNDACIÓN VALENCIAPORT (Spain)
• CLIMATE-KIC (Spain, Italy and Germany) • Danmarks Tekniske Universitet - DTU (Denmark)
• NTU INTERNATIONAL (Denmark)
• NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - TNO (Netherlands)
• UNIVERSITÁ DI BOLOGNA (Italy)
• UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG (Germany)
• UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID (Spain)
• UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA (Spain) • VEOLIA (France)
Chants Libres - a pilot project combining professional furniture upcycling and social enterprise
Atelier Extramuros is a social enterprise specialised in upcycling in the furniture sector, using reclaimed material from discarded professional furniture.
'Chants Libres' is a new pilot project aiming at improving recycled material sourcing - with the support of Valdelia - and designing protoypes for the professional furnishing sector. Two prototypes have been selected so far to launch a wider scale production process and are to be integrated in the Kinnarps catalogue for commercialisation.
13 Feb 2019 to 14 Feb 2019
Two events dedicated to circular economy, in the form of workshops for specific audiences - To transform business models and create an enabling policy environment.
Report on Horizon 2020 R&I projects supporting the transition to a Circular Economy
The European Commission has published a policy booklet presenting a selection of its research, science and innovation on climate change adaptation. In order to mitigate the impacts of climate change and to adapt to the changes that are already taking place or are impossible to avoid, fundamental changes in societies and behaviours all over the world – as well as scientific breakthroughs, both technological and social - will need to be made.
The objective of the report is to provide a snapshot of the numerous projects resulting from the calls for proposals of 2016-2017 in the Horizon 2020 priorities ‘Industrial leadership’ and ‘Societal Challenges’, that are contributing to the circular economy strategy.
Without aiming to be exhaustive or exclusive, the 156 listed projects represent a good sample of actions financed by Horizon 2020 in the different stages of a circular economy (production, consumption and waste).
The spectrum of priorities contemplated by the selected projects are very diverse and address more sustainable production in all kind of industrial processes, new bio-based and biodegradable products, substitution or recovery of raw materials, conversion of CO2 packaging, plastics, etc.
Ecopneus - Giovanni Corbetta
14 Jan 2019 to 18 Jan 2019
From 14 to 18 January 2019, Nederland Circulair! invites everyone to the Dutch Week of the Circular Economy 2019.
15 Jan 2019
Introduction to the Circularity Check for products and services.
Polish Circular Hotspot
The Polish Circular Hotspot is a public-private platform bringing together national and local government bodies with businesses, entrepreneurs, the scientific community and civil society to jointly develop and apply the concept of a circular economy in Poland.
The hotspot has begun the following activities to develop and implement circular innovations:
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organising events (sectoral, regional, national) to analyse specific problems and legislative issues such as workshops on circular procurement for public agencies
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assisting with drafting strategies and roadmaps while supporting the establishment of sectoral partnerships for practical circular solutions
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networking businesses to exchange knowledge, showcase innovations and connecting Polish entrepreneurs with partners abroad, e.g. through study visits and B2B monitoring sessions with the support of the Dutch, Swedish, German, French and Danish Embassies.
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educating those interested in the circular economy concept, for example by organising the national educational campaign ‘Polish Circular Week’
Becoming a member of the Polish Circular Hotspot enables you to work with Polish and foreign partners in building innovative solutions and exchanging best practice across sectors. The hotspot also provides its members with opportunities to shape the debate on emerging circular economy legislation and collaborate in funding projects through partnerships.
Ecoplasteam - Stefano Richaud
We produce EcoAllene, an innovative new material (group of materials) made from recycling polylaminated waste, i.e. made of a plastic layer and a metal layer.
Ecoplasteam is launching the construction of several different production plants across the World, in response to the ease in which EcoAllene can enter the market.
Virtuous recycling of end-of-life tyres by Ecopneus
Ecopneus is a non-profit consortium company consisting of the largest tyre manufacturers in Italy. It currently handles 70% of the tyres that reach the end of their life-cycles.
Ecoplasteam recycles multi-layer packaging integrally to produce EcoAllene
Ecoplasteam has created a new plastic material - EcoAllene™ - integrally recycled, this material contains two of the three layers - paper, polyethylene and aluminium - of "tetrapak" packaging.
By experimenting with recycled water bottles as material for internal components, Océ discovered the drivers and barriers to using recycled plastic in manufacturing
In designing the varioPrint 135, Océ partnered with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and Philips to experiment with the use of recycled plastic in the production of industrial printers. Building on Océ's adoption of longevity and reuse principles in design, the company has made a further step towards circular economy and succeeded in developing an internal component that contains at least 30% post-consumer recycled polycarbonate from used 5 gallon water bottles.
18 Dec 2018
On December 18, the European Commission will host a conference on Level(s), its new sustainable building reporting framework which aims to provide the insights that will shape future building sector policy.
Orange Fiber squeezes orange peel into versatile, biodegradable textile
Orange Fiber has closed the loop for oranges by patenting a technique to squeeze orange peel and citrus waste into cellulose fibre. With growing demand for sustainable fashion, the company is well placed to commence production in 2019, having already prototyped a collection with Salvatore Ferragamo and won the Global Change Awars
Samen circulair ontwerpen: circulaire architectuur en bouw
Samen circulair ontwerpen: circulaire architectuur en bouw
When 68 Dutch architectural firms signed a manifesto for circular construction in 2018, it became apparent that this field is committed and eager to apply circular economy principles in designing and building for sustainable development. Nonetheless there are few available resources on commencing such a process, which is why the BNA (Dutch Association of Architects) commissioned a study on 'Designing Circularity Jointly: Circular Architecture and Construction' in 2018.
The transition to a circular economy is a quest where nobody has the correct and precise information on what inputs are required to reduce carbon emissions, ensure raw materials are processed in a circular loop and the built environment is repurposed at end of life. Designing truly circular buildings requires frameworks and insights. These are summarised in the report's eight key messages:
- circular economy is a shared quest full of complexity, obstacles and uncertainty, which is why openness, trust and courage are crucial;
- architects need more circular assignments to be able to benchmark and share experiences with each other;
- architects should play a greater role in designing buildings that can actually be built, maintained and recycled;
- collaboration across the entire value chain is necessary to map out resource flows and design in a truly circular fashion;
- regulation stimulates either renovation or newbuilds, becoming an obstacle when architects attempt to fuse old structures with new materials, linear raw materials with circular processes, and outdated standards with pioneering ones;
- despite a lot of information being available, architects find it difficult to access sustainable materials that have passed the necessary quality checks;
- the lack of clear guidelines about what is circular in the construction sector limits the adoption of corresponding principles;
- there are no easily accessible and understandable tools to guide practitioners in designing a circular structure.
22 Jan 2019
Remanpath is a workshop that aims to support SMEs in the building industry towards setting up remanufacturing activities in their own business.