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Circular business models

By addressing product life extension, reuse, and the recycling of waste, circular business models can reduce consumption and minimise waste generation. They allow products to be continuously used, reused, sold as a service, and enable the sharing of products, rather than incentivizing a one-time purchase. A commonality and driving forces are data collection, digital tools, and design.

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91% of Danish chemistry and plastic producing companies have strategic targets for reducing waste and increasing recyclability
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1 out of 5 Danes participate in activities related to the sharing economy
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In 2021, the Danish government presented an Action Plan for Circular Economy constituting a na-tional design for the prevention and management of waste towards 2032

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91% of Danish chemistry and plastic producing companies have strategic targets for reducing waste and increasing recyclability 1 out of 5 Danes participate in activities related to the sharing economy In 2021, the Danish government presented an Action Plan for Circular Economy constituting a na-tional design for the prevention and management of waste towards 2032
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Mission 30 for 2030: How to Create a Design-Driven Circular Mission

Blog post by Julie Hjort, Programme Director of Sustainable and Circular transition at Danish Design Centre. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Designing for the circular economy — the Danish way

Blog post by Ditte Lysgaard Vind, founder of The Circular Way and Partnerships Director at Lendager. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Circular Economy – learnings from Denmark and the US

Blog post by Tone Søndergaard, Director of Danish Cleantech Hub, New York, and responsible for partnerships, sustainable business expansion programs, and climate change initiatives. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Mission 30 for 2030: How to Create a Design-Driven Circular Mission

Designing for the circular economy — the Danish way

Circular Economy – learnings from Denmark and the US

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Waste prevention

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Takeaway without the rubbish?

11 August 2022
The City of Copenhagen is looking to trial a deposit refund scheme on takeaway packaging, envisaging a nationwide solution in the long run.
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Bio-based circular solutions

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Danida Green Business Partnerships is open for applications

21 July 2022
Danida Green Business Partnerships (DGBP) is a business instrument under the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The programme focuses on green transition through development projects developed and implemented in partnerships between commercial and non-commercial partners.
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Buildings

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The Marble Pier

19 July 2022
The construction sector accounts for 40% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, concieving of ways to design and construct more sustainable and buildings are imperative. One way to challenge old building traditions is by choosing more sustainable building materials. In Nordhavn, Copenhagen, R
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Circular building materials

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Soil remediation

28 June 2022
Whenever a new building is to be built, excavated soil is to be dealt with. Often this soil is contaminated with heavy metals, for instance. This therefore often leads to the soil being removed to a waste deposit.
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Viegand Maagøe gets more muscle with Danish private equity fund as new active co-owner

28 June 2022
Today we welcome Dansk Ejerkapital as a new active co-owner. The ambition is, together with Dansk Ejerkapital, to develop Viegand Maagøe A/S into Northern Europe’s leading advisor within sustainability.
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Egiss acquires Refurb

23 June 2022
Egiss acquires Danish company Refurb in deal that strengthens global companies’ environmental impact.
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Meet Danish circular business models professionals

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Buildings

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Transition ApS

Transition supports the transition to a sustainable society.

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Air pollution

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Danida Green Business Partnerships

Danida Green Business Partnerships (DGBP) is a development programme established under Danida. The programme brings together commercial and non-commercial partners in innovative partnerships. The obje

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Carbon capture, storage and utilisation

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SDU Climate Cluster

SDU Climate Cluster is an interdisciplinary cluster at the University of Southern Denmark focusing on climate related research.

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Bio-based circular solutions

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Viegand Maagøe

We co-create the green transition. The transition relies on a combination of technologies, financing, people, and communications. This is why we are experts in advising about these topics.

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Circular business models

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JELLYFISH Agency

JELLYFISH Agency are specialists in Circular economy, Deposit systems and Innovation. We advise on circular solutions, and create sustainable and efficient business development through creative and in

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Buildings

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Nordic Waste A/S

At Nordic Waste we are specialists in biological and chemical treatment of contaminated soil and residual products from the industry etc. The purpose is to recycle the soil and residual products back

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Recycling of waste to material

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AffaldPlus

AffaldPlus is a Danish waste treatment facility that handles waste from six municipalities on Sealand; Faxe, Næstved, Ringsted, Slagelse, Sorø and Vordingborg. AffaldPlus is responsible for collecting

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Recycling of waste to material

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Faerch

Your trusted partner in sustainable food packaging Faerch is a leading supplier of sustainable, rigid food packaging and with integrated recycling capability. We serve food manufacturers and retail
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Circular business models

By addressing product life extension, reuse and the recycling of waste, circular business models can re-duce consumption and minimise waste generation. They allow products to be continuously used, reused, sold as a service, and enable the sharing of products, rather than incentivizing a one-time purchase. A commonality and driving forces are data collection, digital tools, and design.
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Waste management

Successful waste management utilises the potential of waste by increasing recycling and reuse of materials while limiting the amount of waste that goes to landfill. Denmark has an efficient waste management system in place and aims to have a climate-neutral waste sector by 2030.
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Circular construction

The construction sector holds one of the greatest potentials for a circular transition. The sector represents an enormous potential for reducing waste and increasing recycling and reuse. A building can be designed for circularity if it is designed to be easily decommissioned, e.g. using principles of modularity and design-for-disassembly to enable higher reuse of the building materials.