On Thursday, November 4, 2021 you are most welcome to join the webinar about TRANSFORM-CE in English. The project team will then tell you what it is looking for and provide examples of business support opportunities. You can register for the webinar. After registration you will receive the login details for the webinar. Read More
Post-consumer, single-use plastic (SUP) waste has been successfully transformed into 3D printing filaments – which will eventually be used by businesses to make sustainable new products – as part of a multi-million pound international research project, led by Manchester Metropolitan University. Read More
About 79% of all plastic waste ends up in landfill or as litter. The TRANSFORM-CE research project’s objective is to help find better uses for thousands of tonnes of plastic waste in North West Europe. To achieve this goal, TRANSFORM-CE is working with several companies and students. Read More
Traditionally, embankments are made of concrete or hardwood. These materials have one major disadvantage and that is that over time, they start rotting and crumbling away where they meet the water and thus require regular maintenance and replacement. The Province of Flevoland in the Netherlands will soon start a pilot that involves placing a sustainable embankment along the Hoge Vaart waterway at close to the town of Almere. Read More
This document combines four reports on existing regional business support programmes for inclusion or understanding of circular economy (CE) objectives, from the Transform-CE project. Read More
Keter has been using recycled plastic in its products for many years. We had the pleasure of doing a case study about the circularity of its two key brands: Keter (outdoor furniture and storage) and Curver (home organisation). Read More
One of the activities of the TRANSFORM-CE project is researching circular business models of companies. In July 2021 a new law goes into effect, banning many plastic SUP disposables. This has a huge impact on the business of Haval, who has been producing such products for over 35 years. Read More
As part of the TRANSFORM-CE project, several case studies are done with exemplary businesses that have adopted circular business models. One of these companies is Ozarka , who replaces linear, disposable containers with circular, reusable containers. Read More
The 2nd newsletter about Transform-CE contains an extensive video about the launch of the Green Plastic Factory (NL), tips about 3D Prints (UK) and meet our partner: Materia Nova (B). Read More
An important component of the TRANSFORM-CE project is understanding the business context for creating a circular economy for single use plastic waste. To achieve this, several case studies are in the process of being completed with exemplary examples, benchmarking existing circular economy business models, and paving the way forward for wider uptake across the North-west Europe region. One such company is 10XL in the Netherlands. Read More
