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You are passionate about sustainability with a business that has been built on circular practices. As you continue to grow and develop your brand's reputation, you need to understand how you can scale a truly circular model through the exploration of new technologies and funding opportunities. Below are three actionable recommendations to help expand your knowledge of the circular economy. If you’ve selected multiple sectors, you’ll receive a separate set of actionable recommendations for each one.
You already have a clear understanding of the basics that can make your organisation circular, but what’s next? Having a clear set of values within your organisation is a high priority for you and sets apart your brand's reputation from the rest, so you can now look into how you can continue to grow and develop your circular practices whilst keeping the competitive edge. Below are three actionable recommendations to help you amplify your influence in driving circular innovation. If you’ve selected multiple sectors, you’ll receive a separate set of actionable recommendations for each one.
You’re aware of changing market demands and always looking to make operational improvements. Circular economy practices can offer potential for making efficiencies in your business and you're ready to start on that journey. Below are three actionable recommendations to help you accelerate your impact in the circular economy. If you’ve selected multiple sectors, you’ll receive a separate set of actionable recommendations for each one.
Resources for you
Funding & Investment
Many businesses need funding to move from a ‘take-make-waste' model to circular practices. Funding can help cover upfront costs such as redesigning products, processes, and supply chains for sustainability.
Policy & Regulation
In Scotland, a number of regulations exist which are designed to help individuals, businesses and organisations to capture the value of materials.
Circular Procurement
Circular procurement leverages buying power to prioritise reuse, repair, and whole-life value, closing material loops and reducing environmental impact beyond traditional sustainability approaches.
ACS Clothing: They wear it well
Growth. Innovation. Collaboration. A North Lanarkshire business is combining advanced technologies (including AI, automation, robotics, and nanotechnology) with circular economy principles to drive expansion and give new life to unwanted clothing.
Celtic Renewables: We are in demand
A pioneering process that turns whisky residues and rejected potatoes into green chemicals is a perfect fit for consumers demanding greener, more sustainable products. The challenge for Celtic Renewables is scaling up. And it’s a challenge the Scottish Government has recognised with funding to support the required investment.
Tools for you
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Circular value proposition tool
This toolkit is here to give you confidence that the product or service you’re creating takes full account of the needs of your potential customers.
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The Nine Strategies toolkit
Zero Waste Scotland has identified nine key circular strategies that organisations can use to help discover opportunities for change. This next activity will take you through each of the nine strategies, supporting you to think about how they could be used in your own business and giving some examples of them in action.
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Circular Economy Accelerator toolkit
This toolkit is designed to make you think differently about your own business or organisation. This resource will help you generate ideas that will inspire you to take the first steps in becoming a more sustainable, circular business.
Moray Waste Busters: It's all about "convenience and affordability"
A grassroots initiative encouraging Moray residents to donate unwanted possessions for resale has created a thriving circular enterprise. And the key to success for Moray Waste Busters is an unwavering business focus.
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