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Repurposed Materials Challenge: Post-Soda Lime
Competition: EUR 20,000 in prizes for best ideas in repurposing byproducts from soda production
circular economy soda
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Poland, Spain

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Soda production (for the glass, water softening, pulp and paper or detergents industrial processes) generates by-products called lime, which accounts for approximately 40 % of the soda ash production volume.

So far the soda lime has been traditionally used in agriculture as a calcium fertilizer, with limited added value.

CIECH, a leading European soda manufacturer, is seeking for new applications for “post-soda lime” such as new marketable solutions or products (other than calcium fertilizers for agriculture), and launches a competition for best proposals in:

  • New application areas for post-soda lime
  • Process/technology for the conversion process
  • Business Case
https://www.feica.eu/information-center/good-practices/food-packaging-ii

Adhesives industry: water-soluble adhesives facilitate return and reuse bottle schemes and end-of-life recycling

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Türmerleim

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Germany

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Türmerleim is a company that produces adhesives, including for reusable bottles. Its adhesives have a high level of alkaline solubility, making them easy to remove and so promoting the reuse and recycling of bottles.

https://www.dick-moby.com/pages/story

Eyewear made of recycled and oil-free materials

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Dick Moby

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Netherlands

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Founded in 2012 with the objective of creating high-quality eyewear from oil-free or recycled materials, producing Dick Moby sunglasses and eyeglasses follows a circular approach: lowering environmental compared to similar fashion accessories.

Circular Construction in Practice

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https://innowo.org/userfiles/publikacje/Raport_Circular%20Construction.pdf

Circular Construction in Practice

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Instytut Innowacji i Odpowiedzialnego Rozwoju
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Hubert Bukowski, Wioletta Fabrycka
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06/2019
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Poland

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Hubert Bukowski
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The report of the Institute of Innovation and Responsible Development, is the result of a collaboration between the representatives of the organizations participating in the "Circular construction in practice" debates under the Polish Circular Hotspot. It presents an analysis of the implementation of the circular model in the construction sector.

First, it identifies the causes of the current state of play, which have elevated the built environment to the top spot among the largest polluters of the natural environment.

Second, it analyses the basic barriers on the way to circular construction.

Third, it presents specific ways to reduce these barriers, with a view to making sustainable construction a reality.

Fourth, special attention is paid to specific, innovative technologies to improve resource efficiency and, as a result, improve the economic, environmental and social impact of the construction sector.

3rd International Conference on the Role of Social & Solidarity Enterprises in the Circular Economy
06 Nov 2019 to 08 Nov 2019
3rd International Conference on the Role of Social & Solidarity Enterprises in the Circular Economy

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Berriozar (Pamplona)
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Spain

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RREUSE

RREUSE, the European network of social enterprises active in re-use, repair and recycling, is organising its third annual conference, in collaboration with the Spanish social enterprise network AERESS and Traperos de Emaús Navarra. This unique event will focus on strategies supporting longer-lasting products through re-use and repair that create local inclusive jobs, provide green products and services and contribute positively to well-being in our society.

https://www.raytent.it/en/how

Raytent: high-quality yarns and fabrics made from solar tents industry cut-offs

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Giovanardi

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Italy

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Giovanardi recycles technical acrylic textiles from solar protection industry, to create the Raytent line of high-quality yarns and fabrics.

Paris 2019 International Stewardship Forum, July 2-3, 2019
02 Jul 2019 to 03 Jul 2019
Product Stewardship, EPR: stay on top of the game at the Paris 2019 International Stewardship Forum
Paris 2019 International Stewardship Forum Extended Producer Responsability Packaging products

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Paris
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France

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Global Product Stewardship Council (GlobalPSC), DASTRI, French producer responsibility organization (PRO) for sharps

The 2019 edition of the International Stewardship forum is co-organized in Paris by DASTRI and the GlobalPSC with the following objectives:

  • sharing the experience of different countries regarding the implementation and development of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Product Stewardship (PS) schemes
  • thinking about how to create value beyond the end-of-life management of products
  • initiating a prospective reflection on the future of these EPR schemes.

The World Circular Economy Forum 2019

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03/06/2019 to 05/06/2019
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Finland
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Helsinky

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This year took place the third The World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF), beginning Monday 3rd June in Helsinki, Finland. The Forum is organised by SITRA, the Finnish Innovation Fund. 

4th Circular Change Conference

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16/05/2019 to 17/07/2019
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Slovenia
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Maribor

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The fourth edition of the international Circular Change Conference was a meeting of the global circular community, and a platform that sent a strong message to change-makers across Europe that more needs to be done to accelerate the change from linear to circular.

“From Compliance to Circular Business Models”
26 Jun 2019
Symposium: from Product Compliance to Circular Business Models
Symposium "From Compliance to Circular Business Models"

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Reutlingen
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Germany

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iPoint-systems gmbh

The event is the continuation of the popular symposium "Conflict Minerals & Sustainable Supply Chain", which iPoint has been hosting in Germany since 2013. From 2019, the symposium will form part of iPoint's two-day event fw:transparency.

The symposium provides presentations and panel discussions with top-class experts from the business, academic, and legal sphere. Proceeding from the assumption that compliance with the law is a precondition for the Circular Economy, they will shed light on existing and upcoming laws, reporting frameworks, and corporate challenges of sustainable sourcing, sustainable products, and sustainable value chains with a particular focus on the circular economy and related digitalization trends, including blockchain.

SmaCE 2019 - Smart Circular Economy
30 May 2019
SmaCE 2019 - 1st International Workshop on Smart Circular Economy
SmaCE 2019

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Santorini Island
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Greece

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Bournemouth University, École des Ponts Business School, University of Cambridge, University of Patras, FORTH

Smart Circular Economy is an international workshop focusing on the role of ICT as an enabler for the Circular Economy. This workshop will bring together scientists and researchers as well as relevant stakeholders from industry and local communities to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research at the intersection of ICT and the Circular Economy. Accepted and presented papers will appear at IEEE Xplore and will be listed by all major indexes.

https://www.alchemia-nova.net/projects/demeaumed/

VertECO: a vertical ecosystem for indoor and outdoor greywater treatment

vertECO
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alchemia-nova GmbH

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Austria

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VertECO consists of a vertical ecosystem (vertical constructed wetland) treating greywater from handwash basins, showers, and laundries.

Global Reporting Initiative
16 May 2019
Global reporting Initiative launches its new Waste Standard - and is looking forward to your comments.

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In the face of a growing global waste crisis, new corporate reporting disclosures are being developed by Global reporting Initiative (GRI) to help organizations better understand and communicate their waste impacts. It is in this context that the GRI Waste Standard is under development, and open to public consultation and comment until 15 July 2019.

ECO-MED 2019 green expo
11 Apr 2019 to 13 Apr 2019
ECO-Med 2019: Sicily hosts its first Green Expo on the circular economy
ECO Med green expo

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Catania
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Italy

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AMAZING S.r.l.
Sicily hosts ECO-Med 2019 - its first Green Expo on the circular economy from a Mediterranean perspective.

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