IMERO's e-label.eu platform transforms traditional product labelling into a sustainable digital alternative, significantly reducing resource use, waste and environmental impact. Through comprehensive digital product information, it enhances transparency, supports informed consumer decisions and promotes efficient recycling practices.
Hutoepito has been awarded a HUF 197.85 million non-refundable grant by the Hungarian Ministry of Finance to fund research, development and innovation activities under the Upcycling of closed-cell rigid polyurethane foams project.
The widespread use of polyurethane foams in various industrial technologies produces high volumes of rigid PU foam waste. Proper handling of this is essential for environmental, social and economic reasons.
The goal is to produce upcycled polyurethane foam products.
The researchers first identified the upcycling opportunities of closed-cell polyurethane foam materials and purchased the necessary machinery. Later, they started production of upcycled polyurethane foam blocks and sheets, and now they are developing prototypes.
Arany Kapu (in English "golden gate"), a private company in Kunfehértó, Hungary, collects grape processing and winemaking byproducts from all the country's wine regions for valorisation in diverse forms, including distillation.
The Hungarian Ministry of Finance has approved a HUF 197.85 million non-refundable grant for Hutoepito, the parent company of KleanLabs, in order to fund research, development and innovation activities under the Upcycling of closed-cell rigid polyurethane foams project, which will run until 31 January 2025.
The zero waste consultancy wegozero has mapped more than 1000 businesses with zero waste potential in four European cities. Its maps are available for a monthly subscription and aim to tell people which businesses in their city are sustainable and geared to circular thinking.
Ligeti Bolt is a packaging-free grocery shopin Budapest. The shop does not sell any products in plastic wrapping or packaging and so customers buy exactly the amount they need.
The Circular Economy Platform was officially established in November 2018 in Hungary as an initiative of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary (BCSDH), the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Ministry of Innovation and Technology. So far, 101 companies and organisations have joined it.
The platform aims to accelerate the transition to a circular economy model by sharing knowledge and creating joint projects, with the involvement of businesses, government and science.
The Danube Goes Circular is a platform set up under the Interreg MOVECO project which ran from December 2016 to August 2019. The platform aims to promote awareness of and engagement in the circular economy, and involves sixteen partners from the ten Danube countries.
There is a marketplace for reusable materials, designed to match up supply and demand for waste and reusable materials and products meet in order to foster eco-innovation in the Danube region.
The platform provides information on how to extend a product’s useful lifecycle as well as on legal requirements and corporate good practices linked to the promotion of the circular economy. The toolbox section includes fact sheets for SMEs.
Circular Pointis a service hub providing circular economy solutions for companies and organisations. It was set up by Geonardo, a company which aims to solve complex societal challenges by providing cutting-edge solutions.
Circular Point aims to make its clients more profitable and efficient, while creating a positive environmental, social and consumer impact.
It offers training sessions for companies during which the company's employees are taught how to apply circular principles to its operations, improving both its environmental and financial performance. The hub also works with institutions, local governments and NGOs, showing them how to go circular and convince their target audience of the merits of this shift, and with individuals.
Swappis is a clothing retail store in central Budapest that attempts to counteract the linear approach of the fashion industry by introducing a business model that focuses on circularity and the reuse of second-hand clothes. Their membership loyalty mechanism is designed to build a strong relationship with customers by encouraging them to choose sustainable options.
