The Circular Economy in Valladolid, Spain

Annex A. Circular economy award-winning projects in 2017 and 2018

 

Sector	Institution	Project	Description	Year
Alternative energy	"Energética" Cooperative	KitSol	Development of a portable solar photovoltaic kit prototype by the Cooperative “Energética”.	2017
	Spanish Association for Energy Recovery from Biomass (AVEBIOM)	Bioenergía	Promotion of the use of bioenergy as a source of sustainable and renewable energy in Valladolid. The project provides the keys to comply with legislation and disseminates information on energy market trends.	2017
Bio-economy	Guillermo Puerta Galván	Rescuing Flavours and Knowledge. A return to the origin.	Study on the potential for local production and consumption of traditional vegetable varieties.	2018
	Trovant technology	Obtaining biofertilisers from farming waste	Evaluation of the viability of obtaining biofertiliser by means of composting process from sheep manure.	2018
	UVE	ECOCIPienso, Circular Economy in the manufacture of animal feeds	Productive model in the agro-food industry based on the principles of the circular economy. It allows reducing the consumption and dependence on new natural resources outside the municipality and the region. The project aims at putting a value on organic waste, agro-food and plastics, and turning them into resources for other industries.	2018
Certifications and labels	EDUCA Valladolid Business Association	Circular Business Stamp	Development of a stamp certifying companies that carry out circular economy processes.	2018
Citizen participation	Belén Muñoz García	ValladolidColabora.com	Creation of an online platform for citizen collaboration. Citizens can send suggestions and complaints to the municipality through the platform.	2017
Eco-design	ABSOTEC, Acoustic Absorption	Eco-design of acoustic solutions (Eco Acoustics)	Redesign of products and acoustic solutions with the least material waste.	2018
	Innovative Business Cluster on Efficient Construction (AEICE)	HabitARTE	Eco-design contest for building equipment elements for collective use.	2018
	Institute for Development Promotion and Training (INFODEF)	EC Artisan sector	Introduction of the eco-design in the artisan sector. Training to artisan professors so that they can introduce eco-design contents in their academic curricula.	2017
	Saúl Alonso Pérez	CIC/LOC	Development of a prototype of a safe bicycle park following the parameters of eco-design.	2018
	Sexmo de Óvilo	EcoCONTAINER Lab	Centre for the development and innovation of biodegradable packaging prototype to facilitate the distribution to local micro-producers in online and retail markets.	2018
Energy management	BEFESA Aluminium	Use of energy as a fuel of a secondary stream of hydrogen obtained in the process of recovery of salt slag.	Use of recovered hydrogen as an alternative fuel to the natural gas (reduction of 20%) and to avoid CO2 emissions per year.	2018
Hospitality sector	Vallisoletan Hospitality Engineering	Recovery of materials from catering equipment for sale.	Promotion of the connection between the hospitality sector and various industries to implement innovative solutions to recover material from catering equipment for sale.	2018
	Vallisoletan Hospitality Engineering	Renting of equipment and machinery for the hotel/restaurant sector.	Provision of a rental service to companies in the hospitality and catering sector that allows the equipment to be kept longer in use, offering more competitive prices and minimising waste reduction.	2018
Mobility	José Ignacio Alonso Meneses	Converting conventional bicycles into electrically assisted bicycles.	Installation of electric engines on conventional bicycles as urban means of transport.	2018
	Sexmo de Óvilo	M.A.E. Movilidad Asistida EcoTURÍSTICA	Creation of a new touristic public transport service, promoting artisan and ecological production centres, offering routes and excursions for mini-groups with a guide on electric vehicles.	2018
Research, training and awareness-raising	3D printing Laboratory Kirolab	3D Printing	Use of recycled plastics for 3D printing processes.	2017
	Alpha Syltec Engineering	AR Vacircular	Application of Augmented Reality (AR) to promote citizen training in a circular economy through mobile applications, which will mix real and virtual elements.	2018
	BEFESA Aluminium	Study and improvement of the quality of the flux salts recovered from the salt slag valuation process.	Valuation process allows the recovery of the salts, returning them to the secondary aluminium foundries and thus constituting a closed cycle that avoids adding commercial salts of mineral origin and generates less energy consumption.	2018
	Business Project Management Solutions and Technologies	Successful Circular Economy Projects – PECExit	Project management training to increase the project’s success probabilities and promote the efficient use of resources.	2018
	Digitel on trusted services	Blockchain platform for sustainable mobility	Research study to create a blockchain platform to improve air quality through sustainable mobility.	2018
	EDUCA Valladolid Business and Professionals Association	Educa auditing	Study on the circular economy in the business sector in Valladolid. The aim of the study is to offer guidance to companies in their circular transition. The institution is working on the creation of a circular certification and a code of good practices.	2017
	EFI HYGIENE S.L.U.	100% sustainable establishments with cradle-to-cradle cleaning products	Provision of training, dissemination and implementation of cradle-to-cradle certified cleaning products.	2018
Research, training and awareness-raising	EMPRENDENEXT	Circular Weekend	The Circular Weekend gathers start-ups and local projects participating in workshops and advice. Post-event mentoring sessions are organised for the best projects and ideas.	2017
	EMPRENDENEXT	Circular Weekend	Dissemination of working methodologies in the circular economy. Participants learn to launch circular ideas, convert existing business models to circular ones and get in touch with actors in various sectors.	2018
	Enviroo	ValladolidEScircular	Preparation of the report ValladolidEScircular. The document identified the 11 sectors in Valladolid with more potential for the circular economy.	2017
	Federation of Neighbourhood Associations of Valladolid “Antonio Machado"	Cultura Circular	Organisation of citizen awareness-raising campaigns towards sustainable consumption patterns, also for schools.	2017
	Federation of Neighbourhood Associations of Valladolid “Antonio Machado"	Hogar Circular	Development of an itinerant kitchen module that can be installed in public spaces. Its goal is to raise awareness on circular cooking practices that can be applied in any kitchen on a daily basis.	2017
	Innovative Business Cluster on Efficient Construction (AEICE)	ECO Circular	Capacity-building activities on the circular economy for labour associations.	2017
Retail and manufacturing	Aromatics and essences del páramo	Essences of Valladolid	Valorisation of the remainders of urban lavender in order to obtain essential oil. The oil is used as a resource to produce hand soap and the residues are used as fertiliser-compost for gardens.	2018
	ARTENCANAL	Sofar Sound	Organisation of concerts in “circular” spaces created with recovered materials.	2017
	Biotechnology and Natural Resources Systems	Lanaland	Development of a model project of vegetable covers made from sheep wool.	2017
	Innovative Business Cluster on Efficient Construction (AEICE)	Ecocivil	Introduction of recycled aggregates in the construction sector.	2017
	Luis Miguel Benito Fraile (NEMORIS)	Reusable wine packaging	Research study that patented two prototypes of wine bottle cases that can be reused without intermediate manufacture as nest boxes for animals that feed themselves from insects.	2018
	Management Consultants and Technological Projects (CGPROTEC)	Digital and Circular Transformation of Kiosks	Renewal strategy based on the reuse of the network of kiosks that can contribute to the reduction of carbonisation due to the transport of parcels in cities.	2018
	Valladolid Swan Piragüismo Club	Circular kayaking	Four prototypes from obsolete kayaks for recreational activities.	2018
Retail and manufacturing	Ysolkrea S.L.N.E.	Pistachio “Green Beat”	Application of the circular economy to the pistachio production. The project aims to develop a cosmetic product from organic pistachio waste.	2017
	Ysolkrea S.L.N.E.	Development of a cosmetic product from organic pistachio residues.	Identification of the most suitable properties of the pistachio for the manufacture of eco-innovative cosmetic products.	2018
Waste management	3D printing Laboratory Kirolab	Replastic 3D	Introduction of recycled plastic materials and design of new recycled products.	2018
	ARTENCANAL	Recristal	Development of an action protocol for the reuse of old aluminium carpentry.	2017
	Biotechnology Resources Systems Natur	Compostero viajero	Extension of the practice of composting organic waste in schools and houses.	2018
	Biotechnology Resources Systems Natur	Recycling of food industry waste	Reuse of waste from the food industry, wheat bran and molasses from the sugar industry.	2018
	DYJ Iintegral Management (David Herrador Fernández)	Micro Reciclando	Creation of a transportable system of operative micro-recycling for the recycling of plastics, made up of four machines and carrying out demonstration days.	2018
	EDUCA Valladolid Business Association	Good practice platform	Web platform for exchanging experiences between companies committed to circular production models, connecting them with waste producers in order to use them as raw material.	2018
	Juan Antonio Medina Cuaresma (Buteo Environmental Initiatives)	Madera que reVIVE	Use of wood waste to create biodiversity refuges for birds, insects and bats, promoting knowledge of urban biodiversity.	2017
	Paraje Innovation and Consultancy	Fungyble	Development of a system for the generation of biodegradable materials as an alternative to expanded polystyrene.	2017
	RDNEST	Sterling	Solution for the selective collection of waste that allows the measurement of the level of filling of the containers, identifies the user and recognises the user’s credit for having used the containers.	2018
	SANDACH El Campillo	SANDACH El Campillo	SANDACH stands for Animal subproducts not intended for human consumption. It is based on a system of collection and separation of animal by-products not intended for human consumption in the Campillo market.	2017
	Villarramiel Consulting	Recovery and transformation of organic waste	Creation of a new business model based on the collection of waste generated by bars and restaurants in the city, waste treatment and transformation into materials that can be sold.	2018
Water management	I-CATALIST	IMPLUVIUM Project	Design of rainwater collection system in buildings. Reuse of water for irrigation of school and Durban gardens.	2017
	I-CATALIST	IMPLUVIUM Project	Development of a system that mitigates the risk of flooding in a public school, as well as the incorporation of a system of rainwater collection for irrigation of the existing school garden. The project is part of the IMPLUVIUM Project subsidised in 2017.	2018
	I-CATALIST	Closing the loop: Innovating in green and blue	Development of a board game for students, based on the implementation of different environment-related solutions (structural and non-structural) and on the Valladolid Water Cycle. The aim is to raise awareness on the benefits that green infrastructure can bring to the city on the basis of a set of possible sources of financing and business models.	2018
	TE Consulting House 4 Plus S.L.	Fangos EDAR	Study on the technical and economic viability of thermal hydrolysis processes in Valladolid’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (EDAR). The project aims to increase the biogas production by 20% and use of Class A organic fertiliser from waste for agriculture.	2017
	Trovant Technology	Study of the potential for recovery of sewage sludge through co-digestion and conversion of bioplastics.	Evaluation of the viability and impact of bioplastics through biological processes from sludge in the context of EDAR Valladolid.	2018
	University School of Agricultural Engineering (INEA) Foundation	Refill, send a message with your bottle.	A new form and culture of plastic-free water in urban space through the implementation of a network of filling places with free and/or paid bulk water dispensers.	2018

Source: Own elaboration based on Valladolid Municipality, Circular Economy Project Promotion (2017, 2018).