On the 19th of June 2024 Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, with responsibility for the Circular Economy and Communications, Ossian Smyth announced the call for the 2024 funding round of the Circular Economy Innovation Grant Scheme (CEIGS). The CEIGS grant scheme aims to support innovation and circular economy projects by social enterprises, voluntary and community organisations and businesses with fewer than 50 employees. Sinc

Discover how the new CIRCULÉIRE MedTech Guide empowers stakeholders to drive circular innovation in Ireland.

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Speaker Announcements for CIRCULÉIRE's Annual Circular Economy Conference in November 2024

Autumn is when conference season really kicks off and the CIRUCLÉIRE team have been delighted to engage with key stakeholders in Ireland’s Circular Economy Ecosystem to promote the benefits of scaling circularity and showcasing our member’s circular innovation. EPA Circular Economy Conference – 25th September 2024 Members of IMR’s Circular Economy Team were on hand to talk all things circularity at our exhibition stand during the conference. At the conference we heard from ke

Ireland’s Circularity Gap Report was launched by Minister Ossian Smyth at the EPA Circular Economy Conference on Wednesday, 25th of September.   Developed by Circle Economy , Ireland’s CGR report creates an important impact baseline of the country’s circularity performance, and when combined with CGR Northern Ireland, offers a valuable All-Island perspective, creating the potential for a strategic approach to public-private investment to drive circular innovation across the i

On Tuesday 16th of July 2024, the 5th year of the CIRCULÉIRE Circular New Venture Accelerator Programme launched with 5 participating organisations. The programme will provide the cohort of participants with key knowledge and tools to help their circular solutions make a systemic impact on both economic and social level and drive Irelands transition to net-zero carbon circular economy. After a competitive evaluation process we are welcoming Blade Bridge, Finline Furniture, Ha

What a week as our founding member Freefoam Building Products Ltd played host to the CIRCULÉIRE network for another jam packed agenda full with great participation at our June Network meeting 2024. 👏 Firstly huge shout out for the warm welcome from Freefoam CEO Aidan Harte and from Kevin Cronin , Patricia Hegarty and the entire team for their time and hospitality giving us the opportunity to tour the Freefoam site. This is a fully sustainable business that demonstrates h

Discover how CIRCULÉIRE showcased circular innovation at MASC 2024, driving sustainable manufacturing and circular economy solutions.

Now in it's 5th year of funding, CIRCULÉIRE’s Circular Venture Programme is the first of its’ kind in Ireland, dedicated to supporting late-stage circular economy ventures to scale. We are committed to support circular economy innovators with well developed and tested services or products who wish to avail of highly specialized circularity mentorship and business acceleration support. Information Deck HERE The programme will provide the cohort of participants with key know

More than 150 delegates attended the 2024 edition of the Irish Waste Management Conference, held on Thursday, 14th March, at the Aviva...

Earlier this month, the WCEF2024 brought more than 1,500 frontrunners of circularity to Brussels, Belgium. The event was followed online by almost 8,000 people around the world from 158 countries. The forum, which took place in Brussels 15-18 April 2024, highlighted the importance of the EU’s role in accelerating the transition to a circular economy globally. A delegation from CIRCULÉIRE lead by Dr Geraldine Brennan Geraldine Brennan, PhD with Paul McCormack-Cooney Vale

Dublin 5th March - Guinness Enterprise Centre. CIRCULÉIRE this week partnered with Dublin City Council Economic Development office at the S o Circular event designed to shine a light on the Circular and Social economy as part of Local Enterprise Week. This fun and lively gathering of over 100 delegates highlighted CE trends and updates and showcased real examples from circular economy enterprises who shared their insights and experiences. Geraldine Brennan described how to

An effective # ESG strategy can show that an organisation is reducing risks, bringing the potential to achieve business growth whilst benefiting the community and environment. The E nvironment Ireland # ESGForumIRL explored what ESG will mean for organisations and the benefits it can bring for both the private and public sectors. Addressing delegates at the ESG forum on 29th February, D r Geraldine B rennan – Head of Circularity at I rish Manufacturing Research and project l

On Tuesday 23rd of January 2024, the CIRCULÉIRE delivery team (led by Dr Geraldine Brennan and Ana Santos) hosted an insightful webinar where we demonstrated the findings of CIRCULÉIRE's cross-sectoral good practice guide ' Towards a Circular Economy of Water in Ireland ' (CEW). The CEW was launched at the All-Ireland Water & Waste Water Expo in November 2023. This webinar explored the current landscape of circular economy in water across multiple industries, countries, and s

On Friday 2nd February, CIRCULÉIRE welcomed the programme board of the D UTCH TECH ZONE - a delegation of approximately 25 people to CIRCULÉIRE member N ovelplast t o showcase Circular Innovation and to stimulate discussions on opportunities for further collaboration and networking with Dutch Companies, in the wider European manufacturing and CE Ecoystem. The delegation, comprised of regional government, higher educational institutions and eight cross sectoral companies wo

In Ireland, there are an estimated 500,000 used mattresses sent discarded every year. CIRTEX, (co-founded by Rick Earley and David Garland) were the successful recipients of grant funding through the 2022 CIRCULÉIRE Innovation Fund call. This funding from The Department of Environment Climate and Communications enabled CIRTEX to conduct new product development aimed at preventing the incineration of the estimated 500,000 mattresses discarded every year. The outcome is the cre

CIRCULÉIRE is delighted to announce the launch of Towards a Circular Economy of Water in Ireland at the All Ireland Waste Water Expo in Leopardstown Race Course. This Best Practice Sectoral guide is the ninth in a series of reports produced by CIRCULÉIRE, Ireland’s National Platform for Circular Manufacturing targeted at Irish industry players in sectors deemed strategically important to supporting Ireland’s transition to a circular economy. Why Water ? The figures from t

Over 500,000 mattresses are being discarded each year in Ireland through Fly Tipping and illegal dumping. This is a staggering volume that could fill Croke Park three or four times over. As part of their focus on Climate Change, the RTÉ series Heated profiled CIRCULEIRE member CIRTEX to demonstrate how Irish Industry is rising to the challenge of mattress waste through Vision and Smart thinking. W atch here. In this programme, CIRTEX CEO Rick Earley describes the CIRTEX pr