We organise our actions in six thematic & strategic agendas:
Strategic Agendas:
Bio-economy
Circular Construction
Chemicals/Plastics
Manufacturing Industry
Food Chain
Water Cycles
Seven leverages provide additional support:
Leverage effects:
Lever Policy Instruments
Lever Circular Procurement
Lever Communication
Lever Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Lever Financing
Lever Jobs & Skills
Lever Research
What, why and how?
Why are we pursuing a circular economy?
Future visions 2050
How do we see our circular future?
About our management
Who steers what at Flanders Circular?
Derotex gives scrapped jute sacks a second life. It processes sacks to create fibres that are then used in car manufacture, as geotextiles in horticulture, or as biodegradable mats to keep weeds at bay on grass verges.
Derotex collects the jute sacks from all large ports, coffee roasters and chocolate manufacturers from across Western Europe. In 2016, the company processed jute equivalent to 12 billion cups of coffee.
The company also works on other end-of-life products that can be recycled into valuable fibres. They process, for example, flax residues to create pure fibres that are used as a raw material to make 1 dollar bills. The fibres ensure that the bills will remain in circulation an average of four months longer.
Source: De Tijd.