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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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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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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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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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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Appropriate technology for small scale plastics recycling
Developer and supplier of low cost, small scale appropriate mechanical recycling equipment for plastics and developer of network of grassroots plastic waste collection and recycling intiatives that pr...
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Repurposing garment and textile waste
Repurposing of cloth pieces that are recovered from post consumer garments and other textile wastes for sewing into garments, bags and/or other textile products in community sewing centres.
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