Case studies
See the circular economy in action. Explore inspiring examples of organisations, communities and people creating value, strengthening resilience and making better use of resources.
- Sustainable Business
UK’s largest contractor Balfour Beatty accelerates journey towards decarbonisation
One of the UK's leading infrastructure organisations, Balfour Beatty, has engineered a process to accelerate its journey towards decarbonisation, a circular economy, and digitalisation.
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- Sustainable Business
Funding sees strong wind success for Scotland’s leading refurbishment specialists
Renewable Parts is Scotland’s leading supply chain and refurbishment specialist in the wind energy sector, and the only company in the UK working with original equipment manufacturers and major utilities to create a circular wind industry.
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- Sustainable Business
Algae business creates a splash with funding
Marrying the Scotch whisky and salmon industries together, MiAlgae is making a wave for change, growing microalgae rich in Omega-3, sustainable, competitively priced and a vegan alternative to the current Omega-3 produced worldwide.
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- Sustainable Business
Funding spotlights reuse with refurbished light fixtures
Developing circular economy lighting controls and luminary equipment, EGG take used, defective products from suppliers and spend time inspecting, redesigning and remanufacturing the components to provide a product in an ‘as new’ state that can be electrically installed.
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- Sustainable Business
Proactive approach to circular economy shapes Edinburgh's creative hub
Page\Park is a reuse practice committed to the challenge of designing for a net zero future, and adaptive reuse is central to that.
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- Sustainable Business
Changing the shape of product design and manufacturing in the Highlands and Islands
ILM Highland provides home improvements, electrical recycling and retail services by refurbishing goods ranging from washing machines to microwaves.
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- Sustainable Business
Business support polishes new life into pre-loved furniture
Funding from Zero Waste Scotland has enabled Circular Communities Scotland to support the development of a circular economy by encouraging reuse, repair and recycling.
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- Sustainable Business
New approach to wind turbine disposal boosts renewable sector
ReBlade became the UK’s first company to decommission turbine blades without the use of landfill.
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- Recycling
South Ayrshire - Recycling Improvement Fund
South Ayrshire Council is now recycling one third of all its litter dropped in community parks thanks to new recycle-on-the-go bins funded by the Scottish Government's Recycling Improvement Fund.
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