French industry discards a huge percentage of its production output. Maximum uses those valuable rejects to make standardised furniture, such as chairs, tables and benches.
ReKáva gives spent coffee grounds a second life by creating local circular solutions for this valuable organic by-product.
They collect the grounds from Prague-based companies and use it in compost for community gardens, and sell Growkits which enable people to grow oyster mushrooms in their own coffee grounds.
Renting a vehicle rather than buying one is a circular-economy lever in mobility: it lets more users share the same asset, maximising the resources consumed.
A good digital rental management tool makes vehicle use even more efficient, minimising wasted resources and extending the vehicle's lifecycle.
The Flexireo platform aims to stop destruction being the default decision for unsold products.
It coordinates reconditioning across external partners, document recovery, recycling and disposal decisions, and ensures full ESPR-ready traceability for every product.
Digital Product Passports are being rolled out and are key to keeping products and materials in circulation. However, they require interoperable, machine-readable data.
Verisav provides open RDF/OWL vocabularies for Digital Product Passports, as well as for returns and after-sales service and machine-readable warranties.
CirkArena is an R&D and business platform dedicated to innovation in the circular economy, with a focus on waste valorisation, specifically industrial waste (the mining and metallurgical industry used to be part of the local economy), biowaste and construction waste.
It offers a comprehensive range of services, including consultancy, circular audits, EU compliance advisory, specialised R&D projects, and education and training.
Supported by a strong network of partners across Czechia, it actively works with institutions worldwide and is open to expanding partnerships and exploring new opportunities for cooperation.
