The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity which aims to speed up the transition to the circular economy. Since it was set up, the charity has emerged as a global thought leader, putting the circular economy on the agenda of decision makers across business, government and academia.
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.
The CircularLab is an innovation centre, focusing on developing innovative solutions to waste management. Based in La Rioja, it works with universities, technological centres, businesses and public authorities around the world to drive innovation in the circular economy and recycling.
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Municipality of Rotterdam worked with KWS Infra and Arizona Chemical to deploy recycled asphalt. The process utilised a "rejuvenator" using raw material extracted from pine tree by-products.
SubsTer® is a geotechnical engineering process that recreates fertile soil from tailings. It can be used to reclaim unused materials and create substitute farmland for crops or landscape without stripping soil from existing fields.
ECO3 is an innovative, industrial-scale, multidisciplinary bio- and circular economy business area. It offers companies which set up there a number of advantages, such as expert assistance in developing the circular economy as a core business concept, support with finding business and cooperation partners and frictionless cooperation and teamwork with public administration and authorities.
