Circular Economy

Delicious fresh juice – with a hint of organic waste

Juice with a mission

Two companies are turning discarded fruits and vegetables into pressed cold juice in a fully circular way to tackle food waste.

Algramo

Algramo: Revolutionizing Shopping, gram by gram

Chilean entrepreneurs combine outdoor-market traditions with 21st century technology.

Education: Key to the Success of Chile’s Historic Recycling Law

Engaging citizens on sustainability in Chile

Public awareness is key factor in the transition to a more circular approach.

MotionECO

Oil to Fuel: A Win-Win for China

Biofuel produced from waste sources such as used cooking oil reduces GHG emissions & helps to improve food safety conditions in China.

MUD Jeans

Everlasting Blue Jeans

MUD Jeans is a Dutch “circular denim” firm that wants to make fashion a less dirty business.

Calvisius Caviar

Italian caviar producer offers model of integrated economy.

Calvisius has implemented a process to heat the tanks where the sturgeons are raised with the waste heat of a nearby steel plant.

Rotor

A New Spin on Demolition

Rotor Deconstruction is a scrappy Belgian startup challenging the construction waste status quo by upcycling wate from the construction sector.

Redd+

Reducing deforestation through the promotion of sustainable forest management practices

In Cameroon, Yoko municipality is launching a project for the protection of its forest, estimated at 135,000 hectares in size.

African Climate Reality Project

Raising public awareness on the issue of climate change

The African Climate Reality Project is scrambling to educate leaders and the general populace about what they can do.

USE-IT

Recycling plastic and rubble into jobs thanks to USE-IT

Circular economy could provide the answers to South Africa’s chronic unemployment, if waste is turned into a resource it would create thousands of new job opportunities.

Cocina kilómetro 0

The Slow Food movement: the virtues of eating local foods

Cocina kilómetro 0 revamps forgotten ingredients and reduces the consumption of fossil fuels by highlighting the role of locally sourced food.

China switching to sustainable models

It takes a village

China is betting on industrial symbiosis among residents of business parks to create a cleaner future