Sustainable resort operations, including through energy and water efficient devices, composting, organic gardening, plastics use elimination and local and sustainable sourcing.
Read More about Circular economy in luxury hospitalityMinimization of single-use plastics, minimization and increased recycling of all hotel waste and partial change to solar energy.
Read More about Championing plastic-free tourism in LaosExtension of useful lifetime and increase of energy storage efficiency of industrial lead-acid and nickel-cadmium batteries through battery rejuvenation and associated battery monitoring and managemen...
Read More about Battery rejuvenation for circularity and energy eficiency in energy storageRedesign 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...
Read More about Beyond Disposables – Towards Circular Plastic PackagingInsect farming of Black Soldier Flies on restaurant food waste to convert this into sustainable animal feed and fertilizer products.
Read More about Recovering food waste through insect farmingSustainable, 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 ...
Read More about Premium cascara tea from previously discarded coffee wasteApplication of alternative wetting and drying irrigation system, integrated pest management and accelerated decomposition of crop residue, in accordance with the Sustainable Rice Platform guidance, to...
Read More about Low-carbon transition in the rice sectorComprenhensive food waste reduction programme covering back-of-the-house and food sevices, composting of organic waste and compost use in onsite fruit and vegetable gardens. Improved energy efficiency...
Read More about Sustainable resort operationsExtraction of bromelain enzyme from pineapple stems, use of recycled materials for packaging, recovery and reuse of plantation and fruit processing residues for animal feed. Production of biogas and l...
Read More about Integrated operations for sustainable agricultureUse of coffee husk for pyrolysis to produce biochar and renewable heat. Aplication of biochar in coffee farming to improve soil health and reduce fertilizer use. Heat is used for controlled berry dryi...
Read More about Converting agriculture waste into a clean energy source and biocharHandcrafting of refillable water bottles made from locally abundant bamboo as an alternative to single-use plastic bottles, particularly in the tourism sector, and as an additional income source for l...
Read More about Circular Bamboo Bottles for Sustainable TourismRepurposing of polypropylene plastic waste into nursery growing bags and granules for production of plastic goods for use in farming.
Read More about Repurposing plastic waste into nursery grow bags and for other agricultural applications
