The Caverne d'Ali Baba (Ali Baba thieve's cave) is an initiative by and for students in the art school of ESA Saint-Luc, in Brussels.
According to the Fédération des Récupérathèques, of which the initiative belongs to, the service stands as a shared and co-managed warehouse of reuse materials, available to students for any of their creative projects.
The African Circular Economy Network (ACEN) aims to build a restorative African economy that generates well-being and prosperity for all its people.
It carries out research relevant to the African context and its needs, raises awareness and promotes training on the concept, benefits, principles and practice of the circular economy, and fosters networking.
The network is active in 43 countries. In 2017 it co-organised the first Circular Economy Conference in Africa with the European Union and the South African Government (World Economic Forum Africa, Durban) and it was present in WCEF2022 and WCEF2023. It engages with the EU to discuss ways to be inspired by the African continent.
After the 2014 elections, the new Roubaix municipality team wanted to change the image of its city and encourage a positive attitude towards both its inhabitants and France as a whole.
The roadmap aims at turning difficulties into advantages, generating a new dynamic. Based on theSustainable development strategy (since 2003), a zero waste policy is progressively implemented with a focus on cooperation and awareness raising among stakeholders.
The approach is global, even if some activities are implemented on a micro-scale (budget issue), mostly at the level of a city sub-district (Fresnoy-Mackellerie).
To enable the entire City of Roubaix to experience the transition to a zero waste economy, projects are open and accessible to all categories of population and businesses.
Circul'R is a team that has the expertise to help companies and regions shift to a circular economy.
It aims to unlock the circular economy's potential by connecting innovative startups with companies so that they can co-create solutions to accelerate their transition towards the circular economy.
Focus areas:
training on identifying the challenges and opportunities of the circular economy,
consultancy (helping companies go circular,
Circul'R Club (more than 100 companies and institutions, from large groups to local authorities, including ESG funds and committed startups. Each participant contributes to the transition towards a circular economy model),
Circul'R coalitions (aiming to bring together companies from different sectors to address specific issues and deploy circular projects).
Valdelia collects and recycles furniture waste from French businesses. Its services are geared to:
Owners of used, non-residential furniture, such as public and private companies, public authorities and services
Valdelia members, such as removal companies and office furniture dealers
Valdelia enables professionals to meet legal requirements while also helping the environment, the economy and society.
Furniture which is still in good condition is reused byValdelia's partners in the social and solidarity economy. The rest is used or recycled back into secondary raw materials.
A large range of non-residential furniture can be collected and recycled.
Atelier Extramuros is a social enterprise specialising in upcycling waste wood into office furniture. It has a strong focus on circular economy principles and social impact.
The Institut national de l'Economie circulaire (France) has published a White paper on Circular agricultural and agri-food systems, which focuses on :
circular agricultural and agri-food systems: definitions, stock-taking and good practices, stakeholder awareness (consumers, professionals, decision-makers, distributors)
territorial ecology applied to agricultural and agri-food systems: synergies between enterprises, level of application, short agricultural and agri-food chains, urban and suburban farming
organic substances returning to the soil: identification of "brakes and levers" (societal acceptance, regulations, etc.), composting, methanation and other transformation techniques
appreciation of the eco-systemic services rendered.
Les entreprises sont de plus en plus nombreuses à explorer de nouveaux modèles d’affaires intégrant les principes de l’économie circulaire. Elles ont un besoin croissant d’indicateurs pour mesurer leur degré de circularité et ses effets sur l’environnement. A cet effet, les membres d’Entreprises pour l’Environnement et de l’Institut National de l’Economie Circulaire ont réalisé cette publication.
