Projects and initiatives - Inštitút cirkulárnej ekonomiky

From Brussels to You: Why staying informed about the European Union matters

We took a bold step: we travelled to Brussels – the centre of environmental policy-making and circular economy legislation at European level. For 30 days, our Ivana Maleš closely followed the work of colleagues from the Circular Economy team at the European Environmental Bureau (EEB). During her work in EEB, she met with representatives of […]

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Municipalities

Circular economy concepts

Based on our mixed waste analysis and analysis of waste management data, we are setting out the next steps of towns and villages for the transition to a circular economy. We analyze the current state of waste management, how much is created in the municipality, how much is assessed, what steps are taken to take

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Projects and initiatives

Webinars

We are sharing our knowledge together with other experts in different topics in the field of circular economy also through the webinars we organize. Webinars are running live on our youtube channel and facebook and afterwards we store them on our youtube so everyone can see them anytime: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=institut+cirkularnej+ekonomiky https://www.youtube.com/@INCIENSK

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Projects and initiatives

Circular Slovakia platform

WE HAVE COME TOGETHER FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY. INCIEN became one of the founding 7 members of the platform to help and support the acceleration of Slovakia’s transition to a circular economy. Core platform objectives: raise awareness of the topic of the circular economy encourage an active debate on opportunities and barriers to the transition

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Projects and initiatives

Circular bioeconomy

INCIEN recognizes the importance of circular bioeconomy in providing sustainable solutions across all economic sectors. Our projects that address production, use, conservation and regeneration of biological resources include: Green dilemmas: educating the general public about the impact of food systems on climate change and educating Slovak farmers about climate change, its effects in Slovakia, and

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Actualities Companies

Farm to Fork project

Through this project we educate on food, food cultivation and its impact on the environment, as well as the theme of preserving biodiversity, carbon neutrality in the context of agriculture/economy. Food-related topics are the main themes. A long-neglected topic that has not been given much space is becoming more than topical in the fight with

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Actualities Municipalities

Alchemy of waste sorting

Almost each municipality has a different waste sorting and collection system. In cooperation with EPR system operator Naturpack, we have created 5 variants that occur in Slovakia. For municipalities or inhabitants it’s really easy to use. They just download the one that is valid in the territory of their municipality and spread it among the

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Analýza vybraných indikátorov cirkulárnej ekonomiky s dôrazom na Slovenskú republiku

Actualities Studies

CIRCULAR ECONOMY INDICATORS (2021)

The analysis aimed to present the main circular economy indicators presenting the state of Slovakia in the area of the circular economy. Here you can find a complete overview of Slovakia’s indicators, resources and location compared to EU countries. The indicator is a tool by which we can quantify the development of Slovakia in the

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Actualities EU funded projects

Innovative method of circular economy in public and private procurement

The aim of the project was to develop and pilot the methodologies of circular public procurement and purchases according to circulating criteria. Within the project, the following intellectual outputs were processed: Methodology for participants in circulating public procurement course and private contracts with application of circulating criteria Methodology for lecturers of circulative public procurement course

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Projects and initiatives

Circular academy

GREEN CIRCULAR ACADEMY is for graduates to gain an overview of the circular economy and to be able to use the knowledge in practice in their own profession. Target group are participants from all areas – self-government, public administration, companies, and individuals. Heroes and leaders who want and can make a real difference, embrace innovation

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Studies

Analysis of the processing capacities of selected waste streams (2021)

Objective and output of the activity was analysis of processes of 3 selected types of waste, their capacities, recovery methods and types of waste (technologies used, based on market research, consent analysis). The data are available to all (professional and general public) who can use it in the implementation of new projects and cooperation (on

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