Forest and bio-based industries
High nutrient density BioPhosphate recovery for economical organic farming and a...
Phosphorus “P” is not replaceable. No P = no agriculture = no food. The only type of mineral that contains high concentrated phosphorus on this planet earth is the apatite mineral. It has two natural forms, the mined and non-renewable mineral pho...
Stora Enso’s formed fiber: Designed for the circular bioeconomy
Stora Enso believes that while circularity is vital, renewable materials will need to replace fossil-based materials to create a circular bioeconomy. PureFiber is Stora Enso’s next generation formed fiber product that can be produced in almost any ...
Troldtekt A/S - Acoustic panels for a healthy indoor climate for the environment...
Since 1935 Troldtekt has been developing acoustic panels focusing on healthy and environmentally friendly indoor climate. The acoustic panels consist of certified red spruce from the forests in Jutland (Denmark) and cement from Aalborg Portland. All ...
EcoBean - converting coffee waste into valuable bio-products
Ecobean has performed detailed research on potential end use for coffee waste, which contains valuable chemical compounds. That included different methods of processing and creating diverse goods with useful properties coming from recycled Spent Coff...
Suckõrs natural reed straws and materials
Suckõrs, an Estonian company, produces drinking straws and other goods using reed as a raw material. Reed is a great alternative to plastic-made items. It is indeed largely available in Estonia and in the Baltic Sea Region as well as all over Europe...
KLIMIS: From olive pips to BBQ briquettes in an efficient way
We leave in Kalamata, a renowned area for the production of olive and olive oil. Since 1968, we bake lime stones to produce putty lime used in the construction sector and quick lime used as a natural fertiliser in soils, using a by-product sustainabl...
Lopyanko's AGRY_GAYA’18 project for sustainable bio silk
The main purpose of the AGRY_GAYA’18 Project is to establish a circular innovative type industrial enterprise for organic silk /highly renewable resource/ with further utilization of waste products from primary production as high quality secondary ...
Gugler*: a company devoted to circular economy and sustainability
Gugler* is a communication company with a focus on printing, advertising and web solutions, located in Melk and St. Pölten in Austria. Since the company started in 1989, protecting the environment was always a big aim and therefore they steadily mov...
TENCEL™ Lyocell fibers with REFIBRA™ technology from Lenzing
TENCEL™ fibers with REFIBRA™ technology have been introduced to the market in 2017. TENCEL™ lyocell with REFIBRA™ Technology is the first commercially available cellulosic fibre featuring chemical recycled content, certified with Recycled Con...
Methanisation in France: circular economy making the best out of waste
This circular economy example deals with the production of biogas and biomethane at the Méthavalor plant in the Grand Est region, France. Biogas is a sustainable gas generated using different biodegradable materials and waste, through a fermentation...
Fluence's Italian cheese factory: ricotta and biogas champion
Latterie & Caseificio Moro S.r.l is a dairy and cheese factory in the northeast of Italy. The factory was established in 1978 for the production of award-winning Italian cheeses. In the mid nineties, the factory was renovated to increase producti...
Biominerals Finland's earth alkalizing bio- and waste incineration fly ashes in ...
Hundreds of thousands tons of fly ashes from wood, field cultivation residues, peat and waste incineration processes are landfilled or applied in low value applications in Finland. Earth alkalising the fly ashes, formed inside the combustion proces...
Metsä Group's Industrial Symbiosis in the Forest Industry
An industrial ecosystem at Äänekoski, Finland concretizes the circular economy with valuable synergies. The industrial ecosystem in Äänekoski, Finland, generates added value by using wood-based and other resources wisely in cooperation with part...
ACCIONA’s approach to waste and debris management
The trees, shrubs and grass maintenance and conservation tasks generate wood waste such as trunks, branches, leaves and mowing remains. The goal of this initiative is to reuse, recover and vaporisation the maximum volume of plant debris and reduce th...
SAICA-Auchan’s reuse of cardboard, polyethylene and inert waste
For many years, Saica and Auchan have worked together on an innovative co-working project that has allowed the reintroduction of recycled materials that until now were sent to landfills. The key to success has been to achieve a better segregation in ...
Metsä Group's Sidestreams Program in the Forest Industry
Metsä Group uses all raw materials as efficiently as possible. All materials do not end up in our end products but are industrial side streams. Industrial sidestreams are valuable raw materials that are efficiently used either by us or our business ...
IKEA Polska's end-of-life product strategy
Circular IKEA Poland is the first circular economy program in IKEA Retail Poland, the company operating IKEA stores in the country. It was started in 2016 and hopes to close the loop on many crucial materials and encourage circularity in customers th...
Metsä Group's Fresh Fibre Enables Fibre Circulation
The role of fresh forest fibre in circular economy and recycling loop. The key idea of circular economy is to use materials as efficiently as possible and more than once. In Europe, fibre-based packaging is one of the most efficiently recovered and r...
Suez Ecopôle's Eco-Hub for Waste Collection
Thanks to a EUR 10 million investment by SUEZ, a new eco-hub has been created in Chartres de Bretagne to recover waste produced by businesses and local authorities. On a site covering 5 hectares previously used by the Peugeot Citroën Group, the new ...
Fiskeby's fully recycled chipboard
Fiskeby Board AB is a company that produces White Lined Chipboard from 100 % recycled fibers. The production is based on three circular loops of material and energy recovery:Loop 1: Fibers are recycled from consumer and post industrial waste and ne...
Borealis' off-spec polymers reuse program
Off-spec polymer is polymer that doesn’t meet the specifications that Borealis aims for its clients. This off-spec polymer is a result of production interruptions and might appear as powder (polymerisation unit), pellets or globs (extrusion unit). ...
BillerudKorsnäs' tall oil and pitch oil from pulp mills
A by-product in the manufacture of kraft pulp is tall oil consisting of pitch substances. At BillerudKorsnäs and many other forest companies, this is sent to a chemical plant for extraction of different rosins before the residual (pitch oil) is retu...