Circular City Ports - Workbook 1, Circular initiatives in the Delta
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2 Groencollect Rotterdam<br />
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Location Scale Tag<br />
“In provid<strong>in</strong>g resources for <strong>the</strong> biobased economy<br />
we deploy local collect<strong>in</strong>g projects with a focus on<br />
job <strong>in</strong>tegration programs”<br />
<strong>City</strong> Port<br />
<strong>City</strong> Port<br />
Collect<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
Waste2Energy,<br />
Sort<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>Delta</strong> Region<br />
Collect<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
organic monostreams<br />
<strong>in</strong>dustrial port<br />
Port Region<br />
ROTTERDAMSE<br />
BIO HUB<br />
GROEN COLLECT<br />
city port<br />
<strong>City</strong> Port<br />
Process<strong>in</strong>g companies<br />
Stadsgas, Fruitlea<strong>the</strong>r, Duivestyn clean<strong>in</strong>g products,<br />
Rotterzwam<br />
city<br />
Entity<br />
flow of goods flow of knowledge or <strong>in</strong>fluence <strong>in</strong>dustrial symbiosis o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
What’s happen<strong>in</strong>g? How does it happen?<br />
Groencollect is a service oriented company that collects,<br />
sorts and stores organic waste. These different<br />
streams are delivered to o<strong>the</strong>r companies for process<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
The reason for <strong>the</strong>ir success lies <strong>in</strong> bridg<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>the</strong> gap between mono-streams (which are pure and<br />
more usable for high-end purposes like cosmetics<br />
or bio-materials) and a cont<strong>in</strong>uous, supply of <strong>the</strong>se<br />
streams. These activities demand much space and<br />
can be messy. Storage is necessary because not<br />
enough organic material can be collected by <strong>the</strong><br />
vans at once. As certa<strong>in</strong> mono-streams are more<br />
valuable <strong>the</strong>y provide <strong>the</strong> service of sort<strong>in</strong>g and upscal<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>the</strong>se flows until enough volume is ga<strong>the</strong>red.<br />
With <strong>the</strong> development of M4H, <strong>the</strong>y fear that clean,<br />
odorless makers will be put to <strong>the</strong> front.<br />
Why is this an <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g circular <strong>in</strong>itiative for<br />
circular ports?<br />
Both its bus<strong>in</strong>ess-model (new skilled-labourforce)<br />
and its operation are <strong>in</strong>novative and representative<br />
for new circular ways of do<strong>in</strong>g th<strong>in</strong>gs. Collect<strong>in</strong>g<br />
mono-stream waste flows from <strong>the</strong> city (and port),<br />
nourished by an <strong>in</strong>novative makers network, <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
activity is grow<strong>in</strong>g quickly.