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Measures, Technologies and Good Practices
Do you want to know how much different measures and technological solutions would cost and how much money and resources they can save for your business? This database offers such data in a concise and comprehensive format.
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Good practice
A second life for rice waste
Viable plastic alternative
Ten years of R&D pays off by discovering a second use for rice waste
Tackling an agricultural waste issue by transforming rice husk into plastics
La Cámara,...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Good practice
Reusing coffee grounds to produce vegetables and compost
The 4Ps of success
SME collects and re-uses coffee grounds to produce mushrooms
25 % of turnover in 2018, concludes three years of increasing turnover
PermaFungi, an urban agricultural and circular...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Waste
Measure
Ecodesign to extend the useful life of products
Consumers are fully aware of companies deliberately reducing the useful life of products through planned or built-in obsolescence, along with its negative impact on the environment.
Extending the...
Sector / Industry:
- All manufacturing industries
- Manufacturing of machinery and equipment
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost
Measure
Voluntary material efficiency commitment in the food industry
In the food industry, raw materials account for about 45 % of net sales. The cost of purchasing goods sold in the grocery trade is more than 70 % of turnover. Therefore, measures to improve material...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Materials
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Good practice
Fish manufacturer's no-waste approach
Not a single bone to waste...
Food-processing company introduces ambitious zero food-waste programme in its fish production
Company has also emphasised ecological packaging and managed to reduce...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Materials
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost
Good practice
Finnish grocery store's quick rewards from a...
Compact results
City market identifies a high percentage of unrecycled plastic
The results encouraged the store to invest in a compactor for plastic waste
In four months, several tonnes of plastic...
Sector / Industry:
- Wholesale and retail
Resources:
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost 0 - 0.5 Year(s)
Good practice
Cutting back on food waste
Less waste, more profit
Sandwich-maker targets food waste to save money
A review reveals up to 80 % of waste can be recycled or reused
By selling leftovers from sandwich and wrap production, Dublin-...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost 0.2 - 0.3 Year(s)
Good practice
Sustainable catering saves money
The big sustainable swap
Sustainable solutions introduced by major catering services company
The move away from single-use cups leads to big savings and environmental gains
Sodexo provides catering...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 0.1 - 0.2 Year(s)
Good practice
Environmental and economic effects...
A total transformation
Clean production measures in a medium-size brewery resulted in a significant increase in the quality level of new products
Measures helped to reduce heat waste, wastewater and...
Sector / Industry:
- All manufacturing industries
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost 7 - 8 Year(s)
Good practice
CSR and clean production measures in a hotel
Making all the difference...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and clean production (CP) measures make a big difference to a Black Sea hotel
Savings of € 22 300 a year by cutting water, waste...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 0.4 Year(s)
Measure
Construction site waste management
Construction waste is basically material loss that creates additional cost, and minimising waste generation directly improves the cost-efficiency of the project. Successful construction site waste...
Sector / Industry:
- Construction
Resources:
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost
Measure
Designing out waste: material efficiency throughout the...
Designing out waste is a concept of minimising the life cycle waste of a building by considering design options for reducing waste in each stage: construction, refurbishment, and demolition or...
Sector / Industry:
- Construction
Resources:
- Waste