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Circular Bioeconomy 2020 is the result of CIRCULÉIRE – The National Platform for Circular Manufacturing‘s 2020 Thematic Working Group exploring the circular bioeconomy opportunities that can deliver significant CO2 and waste reductions in Ireland. During Irish Bioeconomy Week 2020, IMR and IBF will launch the findings to the CIRCULÉIRE Network. This webinar will be for the CIRCULÉIRE Network but panel members from the wider innovation ecosystem who have participated in this thematic working group over the last four months will also join to share their reflections. This CIRCULÉIRE Network webinar will take place from 12-1pm on Wednesday the 21st October 2020. Learn more

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 dates, which will be identical events. The coordination of objectives and programmes of regional, national and European funding programmes, managed by a new joint platform, will be a fundamental driver for improving circular economy funding mechanisms – and therefore accelerate the uptake of the European Circular Economy Action Plan. This challenge will be addressed in an interactive and hands-on online workshop that will give participants insights into the future platform, and provide the opportunity to shape its services, ensuring they are in line with needs and expectations. CICERONE will be delivering the conference via EIT Climate-KIC’s learning management system, so that you can access the conference related materials, network with the conference participants and access all practical information related to the activity in one place. 14:00: Introduction (Plenary) 14:15: Session 1 (Break-out) This session will introduce the future platform for Circular Economy Research & Innovation funding, enabling an interactive discussion on the services and model of the platform. The session will be framed through guiding questions, with the support of facilitators, where participants can provide specific inputs to help shape the new EU Circular Cooperation Hub. 15:15: Session 2 (Break-out) This session will explore capacity building needs for public funders and policy makers to efficiently implement circular economy R&I joint programmes. Building on the previous session, we will work hand-in-hand with participants to identify requirements for the platform’s learning services, including a policy toolkit and a Online Massive Open Course (MOOC). 16:15 Conclusion (Plenary) Learn more

Bioeconomy Ireland Week is an annual week-long event held each October to highlight and raise awareness of Ireland’s rapidly growing bioeconomy. To mark Bioeconomy Week Ireland 2020, EPA are hosting a EPA’s Green Enterprise: Innovating for a Circular Economy* webinar where we will share the findings of the following three bioeconomy projects: 1. SymbioBeer Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) is facilitating an Industrial Symbiosis innovation demonstration pilot between St Mel’s Brewery and Panelto Food called SymbioBeer. Here waste bread is being utilised as a substitute for virgin malt to create a new beer and subsequently a new bread was produced using outputs from beer production closing multiple resource loops (bread to beer to bread). 2. Hexafly Hexafly developed an innovative way of breeding insects on an industrial scale utilizing Bio-Conversion technology to achieve maximum extraction of high value protein and oil products for the aquaculture, animal feed and plant nutrition industries. 3. CyberColloids The overall objective of this project was to evaluate the potential to recover and utilise the biomass generated in fruit and vegetable supply chains for the production of new food fibre ingredients This is a free online event which will take place via Microsoft Teams from 10am-11am on Thursday 22nd October. Following the presentations there will be an opportunity for Q&A. To register please email nwpp@epa.ie * Green Enterprise is an annual funding call to support innovators in Ireland to develop and demonstrate consumer and business solutions that will stimulate the circular economy. It is led by the EPA’s National Waste Prevention Programme. Learn more

Want to discover the latest on industrial symbiosis and the future of sustainable industrial practices? Join the SCALER event to hear experiences and case studies from successful industrial symbiosis implementation, find out about tools and gain access to guidelines to kick-start resource efficiency. SCALER (SCALing European Resources with industrial symbiosis) is a European project aimed at increasing the uptake of industrial symbiosis. This project develops a set of tools and best practices to help companies implement symbioses to ensure sustainable resource use. The event will be dedicated to knowledge sharing, presenting both best practices from businesses successfully implementing industrial symbiosis practices, along with key tools to help companies kick-start their journey towards resource efficiency and sharing. The event will be divided in two sessions where you can hear from speakers from ISQ; ENEA; A.SPIRE, Cambridge University, International Synergies, Strane Innovation and EIT Climate-KIC : 14:10-15:30 Session 1 – What is the potential of industrial symbiosis in the EU? This session will explore how industrial symbiosis can act as a key model to transition industry from linear to circular. 15:45-17:00 Session 2 – Industrial symbiosis for regional transition This session will explore existing best practices and present key tools to support businesses in their industrial ecology endeavors. Learn more

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 Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) is looking for your views on how a new Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) should operate in Ireland. DRS is a system used in other EU Member States and further afield to incentivise consumers to return their beverage containers for recycling or reuse. The DRS being introduced in Ireland is focused on plastic bottles and aluminium cans because too few of these are being captured for recycling by our current system (which could put Ireland in breach of EU legislation) and too many are being discarded as litter. Ireland’s Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy commits to introducing a Deposit and Return Scheme (DRS) in Ireland. This public consultation is the first step on that journey. Alongside this consultation, DECC are publishing a report which evaluates Ireland’s current collection systems, in the context of new EU targets. 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 avoidance of Green House Gas Emissions. The seminar will provide you with an opportunity to engage with the Department and DG Clima to inform your application to the Fund’s first call which closes on 29 October and to hear more information on the call for small scale projects which is now planned for December. The event will take place as a live Webinar via Zoom , please note the deadline for registration is 5.00 pm Monday 5 October 2020. Learn more

C-Voucher are organising a webinar on their new open funding call looking for European SMEs with a circular idea interested in creating a development plan. C-Voucher is a European organisation that combines design and technology to support SMEs on their way towards a circular economy. This call will awards successful SMEs with: Up to 1 month of support by an industrial designer to create a plan with a road map€15,000 equity free for covering company costs while creating a planMentoring sessions on securing further funding for your project Requirements: Eligible organisations must be SMEs which are legally located within the European Union or an associated country. The project must be aligned with at least one of the circularity solutions that were developed in C-Voucher or it can adopt at least one of the circular building blocks. Learn more

SCALER (SCALing European Resources with industrial symbiosis) aims to increase the uptake of industrial symbiosis across Europe. Under the European Union’s Horizon2020 initiative, the project will develop a set of best practices, tools and guidelines, helping businesses and industrial sites work together to ensure sustainable resource use. SCALER has announced two short webinars on 30 September 2020. They will provide a sneak peak into the key findings of the SCALER project over the last 2.5 years of the project. Webinar 1: Synergies identification and potential assessment Date & Time: 30 September 2020, 10am-11am Registration link: https://forms.gle/CTrmAoRaznPXWXAk6 Presenters: ISQ, Strane Innovation & Quantis Webinar 2: Sustainable Value Creation through Industrial Symbiosis Date & Time: 30 September 2020, 1pm-2pm Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1816001683779/WN_vzoB6u8VTSCcdie1EuPR7A Presenters: Dr Doroteya Vladimirova and Dr Karen Miller, Centre for Industrial Sustainability, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge Learn more

This event will address the steps organisations can take to identify and reduce their Scope 3 emissions and it will include case studies from both Microsoft and Kelloggs. Given the ambitious global targets that are being set to reach "net zero", organisations are either initiating or stepping up their carbon commitment reductions. With most large companies already accounting and reporting on the emissions from their direct operations (scopes 1 and 2), they are now beginning to focus on their full range of corporate value chain and product emissions. Emissions from along the value chain (also known as Scope 3 emissions) often represent a company’s biggest greenhouse gas impact however they can be much harder to measure than those from a company's direct operations. Value chain emissions include all indirect emissions generated by the business such as purchased goods and services, investments, business travel, use of sold products, upstream and downstream transportation. Learn more

On 16th and 17th September, Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host its annual National Waste Conference with a focus on the Circular Economy. Day 1 of this online conference is open to all interested participants and will focus on how to accelerate the transition to a circular economy in Ireland with key notes from the EPA, DCCAE, Accenture UK, Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR), Rediscovery Centre and WRAP Cymru. Day 2 is open to Public Authority Personnel or NIECE members only and explores how to address illegal waste activities and evidence for the Circular Economy. Join David McCormack, IMR’s Director of Sustainable Manufacturing and CIRCULÉIRE’s Programme Director at 11:30am on the 16th September 2020 (Day 1) to learn how the Irish industry are mainstreaming the circular economy. Learn more

The National Waste Prevention Programme (NWPP), led by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is a Government of Ireland initiative funded by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE). The NWPP 2019 annual report covers a period of intense change for Ireland as we move towards a low-carbon economy. The circular economy concept is gathering momentum, while consumers and businesses are engaging more than ever with the green agenda. The NWPP is responding to this increased interest through a range of major new initiatives including support for CIRCULÉIRE, the National Platform for Circular Manufacturing; enhanced activity on food waste prevention; and targeted innovation funding through the EPA’s Green Enterprise programme. CIRCULÉIRE is the first Irish public-private partnership that aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of Irish industry through the implementation of circular manufacturing methodologies and business models which transform waste into a resource. Scaling circularity in Ireland represents a significant opportunity for businesses to decouple economic growth from resource use – enabling new job creation and job retention, increasing competitive advantage and resilience to external supply-chain shocks. CIRCULÉIRE are proud to be collaborating with the EPA to support the delivery of Ireland’s National Waste Prevention Programme and the Government of Ireland’s Climate Action plan. Learn More