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Mobile application helps to tackle food waste
What can a restaurant do when there is food left over from the lunch service? It can use apps such as the ResQ Club service. The service has been specifically developed to promote the use of surplus
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Industrial symbiosis in automotive textile industry
Waste as a resource not a problem By giving waste to another company, automotive company saves about € 6 000 annually Win-win relationship turns waste from one company into a resource for another
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Wastewater is a resource too
The average consumption for EU member countries is 128 litres per inhabitant per day and most of it turns into wastewater. The status of wastewater has improved tremendously over the past few years
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Ecodesign for remanufacturing
Remanufacturing is the process of returning a product or component to a state of quality equivalent or superior to that of the original product. After the product is discarded by its user and picked
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Full product recovery: circular economy strategy for efficient resource management
Currently, discarded products are often considered as ‘waste’, while in the best cases, some parts are recovered or the product is recycled to recover materials. A circular economy model closes the
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Environmental laundry in Czech Republic
The beautiful, environmental laundry... Renewable energy is used in high energy applications, saving € 25 000 annually Laundromat uses environmentally friendly detergents Thanks to renewable
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The environmental supermarket
Major supermarket chain's unique approach to the environment Lidl is the first supermarket in the Czech Republic to use economic and environmental technologies A smart solution for heating
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Simple audit led to energy savings in furniture production
Bulgarian furniture-maker invests in the future Furniture-maker saves € 1 500 annually by reviewing its production process Analysis of skills, technology and practices forms part of the company's
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Sun protection foils and other measures save energy
Audit helps hotel see the light...  Energy and material audit helps hotel, saves thousands every year 1 000 kWh per year saved by simply using a sun protection foil The Burgas Hotel is a four
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Turning whisky distillery by-products into value-added opportunities
The spirit of enterprise  Adding value to unavoidable whisky distillery by-products Opportunities identified to reduce waste and provide a business opportunity Penderyn Whisky Distillery is
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Adding value to surplus soft fruits on the farm
Juicy profits from waste fruit Farm converts surplus strawberries into high-value fruit syrups, transforms a loss-making resource into a  profit-making product (over € 224 100 per year) 50 %
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SME drinks company identifies market for leftover fruit
Giving wonky fruit a new lease of life Options explored for reusing waste from an SME drinks company New markets identified for surplus fruit Opportunities identified for 111 tonnes of apple