Check out the highlights and recording from our 2021 fireside chat with TerraCycle/Loop’s CEO On the 6th December 2021, we hosted virtually Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of TerraCycle / Loop , as the keynote for CIRCULÉIRE's 2021 Public Circular Economy Lecture . During this one-hour fireside chat, Tom was interviewed by Dr Geraldine Brennan, CIRCULÉIRE Lead and Head of Circular Economy at Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) to explore some of the challenges TerraCycle has enco

TerraCycle’s CEO and founder will talk about eliminating waste through circularity We are delighted to announce that Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of TerraCycle, is the key-note for CIRCULÉIRE's 2021 Circular Economy Lecture (virtual) on Monday, December 6th, 2021, from 4 - 5 pm (Irish Time). TerraCycle is a private US-based business headquartered in Trenton, New Jersey, that operates in 21 countries, turning non-recyclable pre-consumer and post-consumer waste into raw material

Our conference reinforced how circular economy is a key tool in Ireland’s decarbonization strategy On the 24th of November 2021, CIRCULÉIRE held its annual conference “Accelerating the transition to a Circular Economy” as part of the National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Expo at RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin. The half-day event reinforced how circular economy is a key tool in Ireland’s decarbonisation strategy. CIRCULÉIRE’s strategic partners and network members shared insights in

CIRCULÉIRE is thrilled to have been part of the successful bid to host the 2023 circular economy innovation hotspot event in Dublin. The consortia was led by the The Rediscovery Centre in collaboration with Dublin City Council, the Eastern Midlands Waste Management Region and CIRCULÉIRE with support from over thirty organizations from government department and agencies to industry, academia and the not for profit sector alike. For the first time ever, there will be an event i

Ireland’s first dedicated late-stage accelerator for circular economy ventures CIRCULÉIRE is delighted to introduce the 2021 New Venture Cohort. The new venture programme is the first of its kind in Ireland (established in 2020) to target late-stage ventures who are demonstrating or enabling circular business models and is delivered in collaboration with Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Space . Following a competitive selection process, we are pleased to announce the following 5 awa

Ahead of our upcoming hybrid 2021 Circular Economy Conference at National Manufacturing & Supply-Chain Expo this Wednesday, 24th November 2021 - meet our growing network of cross-sectoral members who are on the journey to transition from a linear to circular business models with support from CIRCULEIRE. Check out the Network Members: Associate Members Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Automotive Decotek Built Environment Farrell Furniture Freefoam Plastics

Circular Innovation Insights From c.12:30 to 1:30pm on Wednesday, 24th November 2021, hear from CIRCULEIRE’s team and IMR’s specialists about circular innovation insights. Sophie Reynolds ​, Circular Economy Technologist​, IMR, will be reflecting on “ Circular Innovation Opportunities & Sectoral Best Practice ” Dr Mohamed Abokersh ​, Senior Circular Economy Researcher, IMR, will introduce “CIRCULÉIRE's Circular Maturity Toolkit ” Dr Damian Coughlan​ , Senior Circular Economy

Industry Perspectives From c.11am to c.12:30pm as part of CIRCULEIRE’ “ Accelerating the transition to a Circular Economy ” Conference on Wednesday 24th November 2021 hear from CIRCULEIRE’s Network Industry Members as they reflect on the circular drivers, barriers, and opportunities they are encountering in the pharmaceutical, food, and consumer electronics sectors respectively. Austin Geraghty ​, Global Health, Safety & Sustainability Snr Director, Hovione will be reflecti

The Circular Economy Policy Landscape post COP26 From 10:10 am to 11:30 am on Wednesday, 24th November 2021, hear from CIRCULEIRE’s three Strategic Partners as they reflect on Ireland’s evolving circular economy landscape post COP26 and what it means for Irish industry and society. Leslie Carberry , Principle Officer, Department for the Environment, Climate Action and Communications (DECC) will be speaking about “Making Ireland's Circular Economy transition happen” Mary Fr

Register to join us on 24th Nov, at the Main Stage of the 2021 National Manufacturing & Supply-Chain Expo CIRCULÉIRE and IMR in collaboration with our Strategic Partners, Department of the Environment, Climate, and Communications (DECC) , Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , EIT Climate-KIC and our Industry Members are pleased to announce the full line-up of speakers for our 2021 @CIRCULÉIRE Conference taking place as part of the 2021 National Manufacturing & Supply-Cha

The conference will take place on November 24th at the RDS Simonscourt, Dublin Are you one of those people trying to figure out how to make your business more circular and sustainable? Save the 24th of November in your diary! CIRCULÉIRE’s Annual Conference will be a half-day event (10am - 1:30 pm) and will take place in hybrid format as part of the National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Expo at RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin. The Climate Act 2021 commits Ireland to legally bindi

We are delighted to announce that Kevin Cronin, COO of CIRCULEIRE Founding Member Freefoam and CIRCULEIRE's Programme Manger Dr Geraldine Brennan will be joining Tom Szarky, CEO Terracycle & Loop Store to discuss the future of waste and circular economy from 2:15pm on Thursday 21st September at The Sustainability Summit. The Sustainability Summit is a 3-Day online broadcast event that will bring together some of the greatest minds, industry champions, start-ups, investors, p

On June 1st, CIRCULÉIRE collaborated with Holland Circular Hotspot and the Netherlands Embassy in Dublin to organise a webinar on circular opportunities for the Irish Construction & Demolition Sector. We want to thank our great line-up of speakers from great organisations that agreed to participate in this webinar namely: · Wytze Kuijper, Cirkelstad · Otto Friebel, BRBS · Ton van der Giessen, Van Werven - Infra & Recycling · Micheál Keohane, BAM Ireland ·

On Friday 27th November 2020, IMR’s flagship circular economy initiative, CIRCULÉIRE – The National Platform for Circular Manufacturing...

IMR in collaboration with the Department of the Environment, Climate, and Communications (DECC), the Environmental Protection Agency...

The OECD Programme on the Circular Economy in Cities and Regions supports cities and regions in their transition towards a circular...

Every year, the European circular economy community from businesses, public authorities, NGOs to knowledge communities and civil society organisations gathers to discuss the transition to a circular economy. It is the f lagship event of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform , a joint initiative of the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Day 1 of the Conference ( 3 November ), hosted by the Commission, will familiarise you w

Are you a programme owner or policy maker keen to advance the transition to a circular economy? Join us in building a circular economy joint programming platform to enable more cooperation! CICERONE is pleased to announce its third and final workshop, “ Cooperation for circular economy research & innovation “, on 22nd and 29th of October 2020 from 14:00 to 16:30 CET . Participants are welcome to choose one of the two proposed date s, which will be identical events. The coor

Dr Geraldine Brennan and Damian Coughlan from the CIRCULÉIRE Team will be speaking at WEEE Ireland’s Virtual Seminar on “ Financing the Future – The WEEE Circular Economy” as they mark International E-Waste Day 2020. Line-up includes speakers from DECC; Ecosystem; WEEE Forum; University of Limerick and IMR / CIRCULEIRE. Join from 10:45am-1:30pm on Wednesday 14th October 2020 Learn more

The Innovation Fund’s National Contact Point in the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment is hosting an information seminar on Wednesday 7 October from 09.30-11.00am. The Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies. It is expected that €10 billion will be available to be invested up to 2030to fund new and innovative technology that in the first instance delivers on the avoida