Circular Economy: An Introduction and Overview
This short background paper provides an introduction and overview of Circular Economy (CE).
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Beyond Disposables – Towards Circular Plastic Packaging
Redesign of consumer goods plastics packaging for lower packaging weight and/or volume and introduction of refill stations. Started with partial shifts to using recycled plastics and to replacing non...
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Sago as Alternative Starch Source
The sago plantation and its processing supports the circular economy transition by making efficient use of natural resources (resource efficiency), and by recovering biomass waste (resource circularit...
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Premium cascara tea from previously discarded coffee waste
Sustainable, low input coffee farming and selective harvesting to prevent berry fermentation and to enable the use of previously discarded coffee husk to be processed into a herbal cascara (or coffee ...
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Creating an eco-industrial park
Industrial symbioses for reuse of steel byproducts and slags in manufacturing of cement, concrete and other products. Resource efficiency through exchange and collaboration on best practices between t...
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Bioplastics made from coffee husk and agricultural by-products
Production of bio-resins for diverse packaging and product applications using a mix of lignin rich coffee husk and starch-rich agro residues (from sweet potatoe, corn or cassava).
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Resource efficiency through improvement of kiln system
Upgrade of kiln system to increase production capacity, reduce energy intensity and enable the use of lower calorifc value alternative fuels, including municipal solid waste.
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Using cinnamon waste as fuel for product drying
Use the organic byproducts from cinnamon cultivation, processing and distillation as a substitution for the use of coal in cinnamon drying.
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Composite materials from agricultural waste and recycled plastics
Production of high-quality plastic pellets and filaments from a mixture of recycleable plastic waste and select agroresidues (including rice straw, coffee grounds, bamboo leaves) for use in niche indu...
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Service design and waste recovery in sustainable-boutique hotel
Comprehensive food waste reduction programme in back-of-the-house and food service areas, onsite Black Soldier Fly insect farming and composting with reuse in onsite garden and by food suppliers. Loca...
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Segregated recyclables collection for materials recovery
Service provider for collection, aggregation and pre-processing of recyclable waste materials from waste generators and collectors (e.g. schools, hotels, universities), including for PET bottles, alum...
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