CircVol – Utilisation of side streams and masses of soil in cities
Duration: 1.8.2018 – 31.12.2020
Project partners: Turku Science Park Ltd , Åbo Akademi, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Regional Council of Southwest Finland, City of Helsinki, Forum Virium Helsinki Oy, Finnish Environment Institute, Geological Survey of Finland GTK , TTY-säätiö sr, University of Tampere, City of Oulu, Oulu University of Applied Sciences
Funding: ERDF
Project in a nutshell: CircVol project promotes business that subscribes to the ideas of circular economy and the utilisation of large volumes of industrial side streams and earth masses in earthworks. More than 90 per cent of accumulated waste comes from the extractive industry and manufacturing sector. Side streams from the manufacturing sector are not utilised sufficiently as of yet, even though collection and refining technologies are already highly developed. The efficient reuse of earth masses can be harnessed to achieve significant economic savings and promote the carbon neutrality objectives of cities.
In the CircVol project, companies develop new solutions and apply existing methods. CircVol supports interaction between companies, institutions of higher education and public bodies, which in turn enables the extensive implementation of circular economy solutions. In addition to this, the project brings industry operators together to form a national network that develops operational models to promote business that is in keeping with the principles of circular economy.
Duties of TScP Oy: Turku Science Park coordinates the project.
Contact person in Turku Science Park Ltd:: Reeta Huhtinen