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A circular economy approach for lifecycles of products and services

Descripción del proyecto

Soluciones de economía circular para lograr la sostenibilidad

La transición hacia un futuro sostenible es un objetivo alcanzable. Al defender los principios de la economía circular, es posible allanar el camino hacia un mundo en el que la sostenibilidad y la innovación vayan de la mano. En este contexto, el equipo del proyecto CIRC4Life, financiado con fondos europeos, pretende crear un ecosistema sostenible desde la base, abarcando cada etapa de las cadenas de valor y suministro. En CIRC4Life se han identificado tres modelos de negocio clave para alcanzar sus objetivos. El primero, la cocreación de productos y servicios, acortar la brecha entre usuarios finales y fabricantes. El segundo es el modelo de consumo sostenible. El último modelo es el reciclaje y la reutilización colaborativa de productos al final de su vida útil. El ámbito del proyecto se extiende al sector de los productos eléctricos y electrónicos, así como al sector agrícola y agroalimentario.

Objetivo

This project aims to develop and implement a circular economy approach for sustainable products and services through their value and supply chains. Three new circular economy business models will be developed including (i) co-creation of products and services, (ii) sustainable consumption, and (iii) collaborative recycling and reuse.

The Co-creation of Products/Services model will bring end-users closer to the design and manufacturing phases by identifying consumer preferences via Big-data online mining product reviews and evaluating product specifications and prototypes via Living Lab to customise the end-user requirements. Benefited from the co-creation features, sets of sustainable production methods will be implemented and new products/services will be created.

The Sustainable Consumption model will develop a method to calculate the eco-points of products based on the outcome of FP7 myEcoCost project, assess product environment footprints (PEF), provide a traceability solution to monitor product’s sustainability along the value chain, and support end-users and stakeholders to actively implement the circular economy via awareness raising and knowledge sharing activities.

The Collaborative Recycling/Reuse model will develop a system for stakeholders to interact with each other to facilitate the use/reuse of end-of-life products and reduce waste, and implement the eco-credits awarding scheme to encourage people to recycle/reuse.

This project will be demonstrated at a large scale in electrical and electronic products and farming/agri-foods sectors, provide an effective means to communicate with wide communities to disseminate the project outcome, and involve a large number of stakeholders along value and supply chains throughout the project lifetime, including end-users, producers, researchers and civil society.

An ICT platform will be developed to support the development, implementation, demonstration, communication and dissemination.

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-IND-CE-2016-17

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Convocatoria de subcontratación

H2020-CIRC-2017TwoStage

Régimen de financiación

IA - Innovation action

Coordinador

THE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 1 000 951,25
Dirección
50 SHAKESPEARE STREET
NG1 4FQ Nottingham
Reino Unido

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Región
East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Nottingham
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 1 000 951,25

Participantes (16)