The future is circular!

The future is circular!

Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce is delighted to welcome Circular Tayside Manager in the Circular Tayside project team. For those of you that haven’t heard of the project yet, pay attention because this is a huge opportunity for business growth in Tayside!

To start off, what is circular economy? To put it simply, circular economy is “an economic system aimed at eliminating waste and the continual use of resources.” The overall purpose is to use minimal virgin resources and instead reuse, remanufacture, recycle or eliminate what is traditionally thought of as waste. Fantastic examples of circularity include offering a product as a service by renting it out when not in use, using coffee grounds to create mushroom farms, finding alternative uses for old mattresses and many more.

Sounds a bit too “out there”? Well it is happening. The Scottish Government published in 2016 its strategy “Making Things Last: a circular economy strategy for Scotland” and has launched regional and local policies in order to enable the public and private sector to embed circularity in their operations.

Our local, Tayside, answer to that strategy was the creation of the Circular Tayside project which is delivered through a partnership between Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce, Perthshire Chamber of Commerce and Zero Waste Scotland.

Through the project, local businesses, social enterprises and third sector organisations can access free support from the Scottish Government and Zero Waste Scotland through the Circular Economy Investment Fund and Circular Economy Business Support Service for the next two years in order to become more circular in their operations, through finding innovative ways to manage their waste, create circular products or circular economy business models.

If you are interested in receiving free support, becoming a Circular Tayside Ambassador and helping us spread the message or simply learning more about Circular Economy and what your organisation can do to become more circular, visit www.circulartayside.co.uk or email directly: vasomakri@circulartayside.co.uk

...local businesses, social enterprises and third sector organisations can access free support from the scottish government and zero waste scotland...