Char briquettes from coconut shells
Production of char briquettes from waste coconut shells, that are cleaner and more energy efficient than wood charcoal in their use for cooking.
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Community-based recovery of plastic waste
Social enterprise that pays local community for retrieving ocean-bound and other plastic wastes, recovers recyclables and recycles plastics into recycled board and other products. Has established and ...
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Fair Farms
Organic and regenerative farming and fair trading of Kompot pepper, including through intercropping with vanilla and use of cover crop, leading to improved soil quality, and reduction of water and fer...
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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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Upcycling and sustainable design applied to accessories
Production of leather-like material, through fusion of wasted industrial plastic bags, for use in durable, stylish handmade bags.
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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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Electric vehicles for public transport
Design, development and local manufacturing of electric vehicles (primarly buses) and charging infrastructure (including from grid connected renewables) that are custom designed for the public transpo...
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Using recycled PET for fabric production
Substitution of virgin PET fibres with recycled PET fibres for the production of some of yarns and fabrics for use in the textile and garment industry.
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Biochar innovation in agriculture
This business case study was prepared within the framework of the Technical Advisory project: Mobilising Business Action for Circular Economy in the ASEAN countries under the EU SWITCH-Asia Policy Sup...
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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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Sustainable resort operations
Comprenhensive 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...
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Recycling foam and plastic waste into home decoration products
Recycling of EPS plastic foam waste into high density PS material and its subsequent use for the production of home decoration products (cornices, frames, etc.) using advanced zero waste technology an...
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