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

Transition Year students had the opportunity to visit IMR’s Lab in Mullingar and see how circular economy and cutting-edge technologies are being used in manufacturing in Ireland Circular economy was the topic of discussion for post-primary students (c.15-16 years old) at Christ King Girls' School last Wednesday, 10th November 2021. They visited Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR)’s Mullingar Lab in the National Science Park and had the opportunity to learn about CIRCULÉIRE,

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

The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action resume pre-legislative scrutiny General Scheme of Circular Economy Bill The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action met on Thursday, 21 October , in Committee Room 2 of Leinster House to resume pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill . They heard from Dr. Geraldine Brennan, CIRCULÉIRE lead and Head of Circular Economy at Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) . “The Government’s a

Join us on 27th October, from 11am to 12.30pm, for CIRCULÉIRE’s Circular Design Public Webinar where we will discuss how Irish businesses can design new products and services that reduce waste and Greenhouse Gas emissions, keep materials in use as long as possible, and bring value to customers The Circular Economy begins and ends with design. How we design products and services has a key role to play in Ireland’s transition to a circular economy. With support from CIRCULÉIRE

Join us for CIRCULÉIRE’s Public Webinar to share the main findings from its Circular Plastics Thematic Working Group… About this event Is your business looking to reduce its environmental impact by reducing your single use plastics? Have you heard of the circular economy to reduce waste and to retain value for longer? If you are looking to find out more about the wider Irish context of circular economy for plastics, then this webinar is for you. Join us 10:00am – 11:30pm on

Join us on September 24th (11-12:30pm) for CIRCULÉIRE's 2021 Circular Packaging Insights Webinar in collaboration with Mabbett Ltd! Is your business frustrated with increased single use packaging and considering how to reduce environmental impact? Have you heard of the circular economy to reduce waste and to retain value for longer? If you are interested in understanding the wider Irish context of circular packaging, then this webinar is for you! CIRCULÉIRE 's Expert Facilit

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

This Friday 3rd September C IRCULÉIRE  and T angent, Trinity's Ideas Workspace  are hosting an open-house session detailing the new venture and innovation programme. It will be held on zoom at t his link. This programme aims to assist circular economy start-ups and businesses that are revenue generating and develop their solutions such that they can help make a systemic impact drive Ireland’s transition to net-zero carbon # circulareconomy Benefits include business coaching

This newsletter includes an update on current activities supporting circular economy implementation by industry, the launch of our 2022 innovation fund, the profiling our 2021 innovation fund demos led by CIRCULÉIRE members Kevin Cronin from Freefoam Plastics Ltd and Paudy O'Brien from FPD Recycling, a reminder that the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Enterprise 2021 call closes 29th July and much more… Learn More

"Circular Economy Skillset" is a project funded by CIRCULÉIRE’s 2020 Innovation Fund, led by WEEE Ireland and with project partners Fastrack into Information Technology (FIT) and the White Goods Association. It aims to train a new generation of technicians that will greatly be needed in the transition towards the circular economy. Up to 20 trainees will learn new skills to repair white goods during 26 weeks, followed by guaranteed 12 weeks work placements. More information on

We are delighted to announce that three consortia were awarded conditional funding from our 2021 Innovation Fund Call! The first consortium is called “Circular Economy & The Power of Many” and is led by CIRCULÉIRE Founding Member Freefoam Plastics Limited in collaboration with supply-chain partners Glenveagh Properties PLC , Mulligan Guttering and The Shabra Group . This project will develop a take back scheme for off-cuts and protective packaging materials utilised during

MARCH 2022 UPDATE: This article referred to the 2021 call and dates from July 2021, therefore it is now closed. For updated information,...

We would like to extend a warm thank you to all our members who have provided us feedback regarding the national circular economy...

CIRCULÉIRE’s Dr Geraldine Brennan was invited onto RTE’s Drivetime to talk about the business case for a circular economy, reverse logistics and buy-back schemes in light of IKEA’s launch of their buy-back scheme in Ireland on the 30th June 2021 . CIRCULÉIRE’s new venture “The ZeroNet” came up in the conversation given how their technology can solve the “last mile” challenge for companies like IKEA interested in implementing tack-back schemes which enable them to conveniently