CIRCE2020

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WHAT IS CIRCE2020?

CIRCE2020 stands for Expansion of the CIRcular Economy concept in the Central Europe
local productive districts

MAKE IT CIRCULAR!

Transition towards circular economy is a core priority of the EU 2020 Strategy, particularly relevant for Central European industrial areas due to the outstanding use of primary natural resources in various production stages: processing, packaging and transportation. Recycling rates, however, are still far from directive targets and one main reason for this is that the reuse of by-products is often performed only by companies’ indipendent initiatives. Central European countries are characterised by numerous business organisational models but the same cross-value relationships are not fully exploited for waste valorization and for reducting the use of primary natural resources.

The CIRCE2020 project aims to facilitate a larger uptake of integrated environmental management approach in five specific Central European industrial areas by changing patterns from single and sporadic company recycling interventions to an integrated redesign of industrial interactions based on the concept of circular economy. The goal is to introduce innovative cross-value chain waste governance models and transnational analytic tools to improve capacities of concerned waste public-private sector to reduce dependencies from primary natural resources within industrial processing. The project should also provide robust evidences about environmental and economic benefits from shifting to enhanced industrial symbiosis. 

PROJECT DURATION

Start Date

01/07/2017

End Date

30/06/2020

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Project Partners

ARPAV

ARPAV_LOGO

Arpav is a public body: the Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection . It's a scientific –technical institution of Veneto Region, engaged in environment protection and monitoring. Arpav is the project’s lead partner

ETRA

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Etra S.p.a. is a public company (total public property) which mainly deals with integrated water supply, waste management and renewable energy services. It is one of the main multi-utility companies in Veneto

AM TRANS PROGRES

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AM Trans Progres Sp. z o.o. is a Polish private company which is interested in management of waste generated in industry, and consulting and design activities, shifting afterwards to sectors such as pharmaceutical, chemical and mechanical trade

IFKA

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IFKA - Public Benefit Non-Profit Ltd. for Development of Industry is the auxiliary organization of the Hungarian Ministry for National Economy. Its extensive network connects supply and demand sides of the economy in the fields of industrial symbiosis, logistics, research and innovation

BAYZoLTAN

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Bay Zoltan - Non-Profit Ltd for Applied Research is Hungary's leading applied research institution. Itsobjectives are to provide R&D services to companies operating in Hungary and to improve the competitiveness and efficiency of enterprises in Hungary through successful innovation and technology transfer

ATM

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ATM - Waste Management Association  Mid.Tyrol is a service organization for its 104 municipalities in the district of Innsbruck-Land (IL) and Schwaz (SZ). As non-profit organization all waste-management issues from marketing of certain collected waste streams at municipal collection sites to consulting and accounting are provided to its municipalities

RERA

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RERA SD - Public Institution for Coordination and Development of Split Dalmatia Country was established with the objective of creating an operating entity serving as instrument of development for the region with emphasis on European integration and attraction of foreign investments. RERA is the communication leader of CIRCE2020 project

CISTOCA

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The utility company CISTOCA CETINSKE KRAJINE is one of the most important waste utility companies for collecting and disposing of waste operating in Splitsko-Dalmatinska Županija. Founders of CISTOCA company are
the cities of Sinj and Trilj and the municipalities of Otok, Hrvace and Dicmo

CIRCE2020 BUDGET

2.3

MLN € TOTAL BUDGET

1.9

MLN € ERDF FUNDING


OUR STRATEGY

The new EU Action plan on Circular Economy focuses its attention on the role of industries to improve their efforts to valorize the reuse of waste as new raw material. To obtain these results and to “close the loop” of different production processes it is fundamental to improve the awareness related to the role of waste in circular economy and define a methodology and a set of tools that can be applied in different countries and industrial sectors. The aim of CIRCE2020 is the realization of a set of pilot actions based on the results of local surveys in order to identify the unevaluated waste streams using innovative instruments derived from the MFA (Material Flow Analysis), LCC (Life Cycle Costing) and LCA (Life Cycle Analysis). The different Working Packages of the project describe this process and define the set of replicable procedures and instruments . Raising awareness on how to maximize the unveiled potential as raw material of different waste streams represent the core of the WPs dedicated to transferability strategy and communication


KEYWORDS

Industries

industries

This project is based on the involvement of producers that represent the way to move from theory to real production

simbyosis

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Industrial symbiosis is a part of industrial ecology looking at the interaction and utilization of processes and flows within the industrial ecosystem such as recycling of residues for the development of new symbiosis products

pilot actions

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The core of the project is the test on real scale two different ways to close the loop in each area. How to do this? Follow this link

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change

The project aims to change the economic path from linear economy to circular economy

WORK PACKAGES

WPT1


Mapping the physical
primary & secondary
raw material flows
within a specific local Production system

WPT1 scope is to map out quantity-quality and traceability of raw material, [see more]

WPT2


Profiling cross-value Chain industrial
symbiosis business
model

WPT2 scope is the elaboration of 1 business strategy model-scaled down in each pilot area [see more]

WPT3


Pilot actions to test
sustainability of the
circular economy
business & encourage
regional uptake

WPT3 scope is to test the circular economy business model designed in WPT2, [see more]


WPT4


Transferability
strategy for the
expansion of the
circular economy
business model in CE
space

WPT4 scope  is to implement 1 transferability strategy for expansion of circular economy business model [see more]

PROJECT MEETINGS

Bassano del Grappa (IT)
22nd  November 2019 

Intercompany Knowledge  exchange

On the 22nd November CircE2020 partners and pilot cases delegates met in Bassano del Grappa hosted by the Italian partners ETRA S.p.A. and ARPAV. See more information here.

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Bassano del Grappa (IT)
21st  November 2019 

Transnational Boot camp

On the 21st  of November the Italian partners ETRA S.p.A. and ARPAV organized the Transnational Bootcamp with the PPs to discuss the vouchering activities. See more information here.

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POZNAN (PL)
16-17 OCTOBER 2019

PARTNERSHIP MEETING

The CIRCE2020 partners and external experts met in Poznan hosted by the Polish partner AMTrans. See more about the meeting here

meetPoznan

Innsbruck (AT)
26-27  march 2019

PARTNERSHIP MEETING

The CIRCE2020 crew met in Innsbruck hosted by our Austrian partner, ATM. During the meeting, many items were discussed: CIRCE2020 e-cloud implementation, Technology Rating Methodology, CE business model, communication strategy and WPT3 launch. See more...

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PADOVA (IT)
9-10TH OCTOBER 2018

LCA-LCC TRAINING

From to 9TH to 10TH october project partners and external experts took part to LCA-LCC training. The application of LCA&LCC methodologies are crucial to develop the pilot cases in each area.

LCA-LCCMeeting

BUDAPEST (HU)
20-22TH MARCH 2018

CAPITALIZATION SEMINAR 

From 20TH to 22TH march project partners met in Budapest. Click here for more information about the capitalization seminar

Budapest workgroup

PADOVA (IT)
14TH DECEMBER 2017

BILATERAL MEETING

CISTOCA met ARPAV at the ARPAV premises. Many thanks for they support to ETRA & RERA, who participated to the meeting

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PADOVA (IT)
10-11TH OCTOBER 2017

tECHNICAL MEETING

CIRCE2020 starts officially  in Padova, at the ARPAV headquarters

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tREVISO (IT)
10TH JULY 2017

Informal meeting

Informal Partner's meeting was held in in Treviso, at the ARPAV site

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EVENTS

Italy, 3th July 2020

CIrce2020: plastics, bio-plastics and circular economy

The second business acceleration workshop,  organized by the Italian partners ETRA S.p.A and ARPAV, has explored the plastic, bioplastic and paper use and disposal from the perspective of circular economy

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ITaly, 11th May 2020

CIRCE2020: PFAS treatment in the perspective of circular economy

CIRCE2020 Italian partners ETRA S.p.A and ARPAV organized the first business acceleration workshop focused on the PFAS treatment in the perspective of circular economy

See more information here

PFAS

innsbruck (AT) 6th February 2020

Waste and resource day 2020

The results of one of the Austrian CIRCE2020 pilot actions were presented  at the “Waste and Resource Day 2020” in Innsbruck (AT) of the Austrian Waste and Waste Water Association (ÖWAV).

See more information here

ATM


poznan (PL) 15th october 2019   

Ce week - international conference

On the 15TH of October the Polish partner AMTrans Progres organized the “MAKE IT CIRCULAR! Application of LCA and LCC analytical tools in Circular Economics” event. See more information here

ConferencePoznan


CIRCE2020
08TH AUGUST 2019

CIRCE2020 WIKI WEB PLATFORM IS ONLINE!

A web platform is implemented to facilitate fast creation, sharing, transfer of collaborative knowledge content in a highly accessible manner. Now available here

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Eisenstadt (AT)
15th May 2019

austrian waste management congress

The Austrian partner ATM presented CIRCE2020 at the Austrian Waste Management Congress, which was hosted by the Austrian Waste and Wastewater Association in Eisenstadt. See more information here

AT_wasteCongress

INNSBRUCK (AT)
26TH MARCH 2019

CIRCE2020 MEETS SINFONIA

On the 26th of March the CIRCE2020 project team met with Austrian representatives of the EU project SINFONIA. More informations are displayed here

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wien (at)
19th september 2018

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

The Austrian partner ATM presented CIRCE2020 at the International Symposium on “Science to Support Circular Economy”, which was hosted by the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Anthropogenic Resources at TU Wie. More informations here

AT-ScienceToSupport


RAVENNA (IT)
17TH MAY 2018

RAVENNA EXHIBITION

The workshop “CIRCE2020  – Circular Economy cases in food chain: food waste prevention and organic waste recovery) presented CIRCE2020 project  with a specific focus on recovery of organic waste. See more

ravennaForum

TREVISO (IT) 19TH  -20TH APRIL 2018

MIW-IMPEL MEETING

In 19th and 20th April 2018, at the ARPAV  headquarters in Treviso (IT) was held a conjoint meeting between IMPEL and MIW projects about “Waste/ End-of-waste”.
See more informations here 

impelMeeting

PADOVA & VICENZA (IT) 11-17TH APRIL 2018

STAKEHOLDERS MEETING

Etra presented  CIRCE2020 to main trade associations of Padova and Vicenza Provinces, looking for their collaboration.
Click here for more informations

ITMeetStkh

Circular Economy Environmental Week

aUSTRIA
1-5  june 2020

Austrian CE week

The Austrian partner ATM held their Circular Economy week digitally, due to COVID-19 restrictions. The event included two online webinars and a social media awareness raising campaign.
Click HERE for more information 

ATM


HUNGARY
25-29 November 2019

Hungarian ce week

CE "Environmental week” was organized in Hungary by IFKA to foster the development of sustainable material and resource management practices & business models, in order to move forward to circular economy and awareness raising among the key stakeholders.
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Italy
18-22 NOVEMBER 2019

ITALIAN ce WEEK

The Italian partners ARPAV and ETRA S.p.A. held their Circular Economy week between Venice and Bassano del Grappa involving many different stakeholders and local authorities. See the full programme here.

Environmental_Week

Croatia
12-18 November 2019

Croatian ce week

The Croatian partners organized their Circular Economy week between Sinj and Split. The event included site visits, lectures and meetings both with students and stakeholders.
Click here for more information

UniHR

Poland
18th September - 
15, 24, 25 october 2019

Polish CE week

The Polish partner AMTrans organized the Circular Economy week in Poznan involving students, stakeholders and local policy makers.
See more here (under construction)

Poznan_Plant

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