How can we make money on waste and on producing less new products? In the podcastseries ‘Industriens Genbrugsguld’ (Danish speak), we learn about circular business models and the sustainable production of the future.
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“You get approximately five grams of gold from a ton of gold ore. For comparison, if you take a ton of printed circuit boards, whether it is from phones, computers or other electronics, you get 575 grams of gold from printed circuit board” says professor at DTU, Tim McAloone, in the podcast studio and emphasizes:
“That means you can get 115 times more gold from trash than you can from virgin gold ore.”
”You can get 115 times more gold from trash than you can from virgin gold ore”
Tim C. McAloone, Professor at the Technical University of Denmark
In the first episode of the podcast series ‘Industriens Genbrugsguld’ (Danish speak), we look into circular economy and sustainable production – and how Danish industry can profit from it together with experts.
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Industriens Genbrugsguld
In the podcast series ‘Industriens Genbrugsguld’, experts tell about the latest knowledge on circular and sustainable production – and how we get there. In addition, MADE Podcast visits various Danish productions to hear about their answers to how a production can become circular and sustainable.
Among other things, we take a closer look at the EU’s 2020 action plan for circular economy and how we should sort waste in Denmark in the future.
A taste of the possibilities
Finally, MADE Podcast reveals one of the manufacturing companies that is testing circular solutions in practice. The startup, REXCON is currently working on building houses with recyclable Lego-like modules made from wood.
REXCON is in the process of developing a business model that enables them to take back their modules. For this end, they are part of in the Horizon 2020 project C-VoUCHER, which supports SMEs in finding circular solutions and in which MADE is a Danish partner. The goal of C-VoUCHER is to define and create examples of several different circular business models that can inspire broadly across the industry.
The visit to REXCON and other possible Danish sustainable solutions will be elaborated in the upcoming episodes of the podcast series ‘Industriens Genbrugsguld’.
C-VoUCHER
C-VoUCHER is a EU Horizon 2020 project and is an abbreviation for Circularize ValUe CHains across European Regional Innovation Strategies.
The aim of the project is to help SMEs in Europe to develop supply chains based on circular economy.
12 selected SMEs have developed and tested new circular solutions. These solutions are to be spread to 42 other SMEs with similar wishes to introduce circular economy. You can read more and apply for the replication program here (deadline 31/10-2020).
MADE, The Municipality of Vejle, Green Ship of the Future and Lifestyle & Design Cluster are Danish partners .
The project runs until March 1, 2021.
Participants:
- Tim McAloone, Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
- Merete Nørby, International Chief Consultant at MADE
- Karin Klitgaard, Deputy Director of Danish Industry (DI)
- Jesper Sørensen, Owner and founder of REXCON
- Julie Lykke-Nedergaard, Host
Music:
- Jingle soundtrack: “Princess” by Ramzoid
- Background music: “Hope” by Morten Peetz Andersen
MATChE
MATChE is an abbreviation for Making The Transition to Circular Economy and is funded by The Danish Industry Foundation.
The purpose is to develop a method, making Danish production companies able to identify and implement the opportunities of circular economy.
Technical University of Denmark is project owner.
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