{"id":11196,"date":"2025-03-24T21:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T21:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ineditinnova.com\/models-de-negoci-circulars-per-prevenir-minimitzar-i-valoritzar-els-residus-de-la-construccio-i-la-demolicio-rcd\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T22:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T22:16:13","slug":"models-de-negoci-circulars-per-prevenir-minimitzar-i-valoritzar-els-residus-de-la-construccio-i-la-demolicio-rcd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ineditinnova.com\/en\/models-de-negoci-circulars-per-prevenir-minimitzar-i-valoritzar-els-residus-de-la-construccio-i-la-demolicio-rcd\/","title":{"rendered":"Circular business models to prevent, minimise, and valorise construction and demolition waste (CDW)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The construction sector generates the most waste: 40% of waste in Europe and 29.8% in Spain. In Catalonia, over seven million tonnes of waste were generated in 2023. This includes materials such as concrete, bricks, plaster, wood, glass, metals, plastic, solvents, asbestos, and excavated soil, most of which end up in landfills or are incinerated. For this reason, it is crucial to find innovative solutions to minimise and promote the reuse and recycling of construction and demolition waste (CDW). <\/strong>The key lies in driving circular business models within the sector, and how to achieve this is the challenge addressed by the project “Analysis of new circular business models around CDW and validation through an experimental phase on-site”<\/strong>, led by the Waste Cluster of Catalonia (CREC)<\/a> with the participation of in\u00e8dit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in\u00e8dit will design and facilitate two participatory workshops with key sector stakeholders, from which potential circular business models will emerge<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As part of the project, in\u00e8dit is responsible for designing and facilitating two participatory workshops with key sector stakeholders, where proposals for potential circular business models will be developed and validated. Additionally, together with Eco Intelligent Growth<\/a>, they will design the project\u2019s experimental phase, in which some of the proposed and defined circular business strategies or models will be tested, validated, and analysed in real construction sites. The experimental phase will also involve Calaf Grup<\/a>, which will lead the execution of the on-site experimentation phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project includes an experimental phase in which some of the circular business strategies or models proposed and defined in the participatory workshops will be tested, validated, and analysed in real construction sites<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With these new circular business models, the aim is to explore ways to valorise this waste, either by transforming it into new recycled construction materials or by promoting commercial channels that facilitate its reuse. The project involves various key stakeholders from Catalonia\u2019s construction sector ecosystem, including material and product suppliers, construction companies, knowledge and innovation centres, waste managers, and public administration bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final objective: Stimulating new circular initiatives<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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First co-creation workshop, facilitated by Elena Badia Elias and Adriana Sanz Mirabal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the first phase of the project, a comprehensive analysis of the construction and demolition waste sector was conducted. In February, the first co-creation workshop was held, facilitated by Elena Badia Elias and Adriana Sanz Mirabal, project managers at in\u00e8dit, where best practices related to CDW flows were reviewed, and potential initiatives were identified to develop circular business models that valorise waste as a resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some key takeaways from this first workshop were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n