Mifactori
Home What is Circular Economy ? Our project The encyclopedia Newsletter Langues Mifactori Web : https://mifactori.de/ Contact : hello@mifactori.de Localisation : Germany Date of meeting : 10 May 2023 Maturity of the projet : Mature Eco-design Recycling Open source A design studio Mifactori is a studio for open circular design based in Berlin. For more than 10 years they have been rethinking design in every possible way: what kind of materials, assembled in what way, for what purpose, produced where ? We had the chance to meet Lars Zimmermann, artist, designer and founder of Mifactori. What is circular design ? Linear design is about extracting resources, turning them into products, using them and then throwing them away, so new resources have to be found to produce them again. In contrast, circular design implements loops based on circular principles such as the 9 R’s : rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse, refurbish, repair, repurpose, rot and recycle. So circular design is about trying to design around these loops : design something that is easy to repair, easy to repurpose, easy to recycle nearby… What is open design ? The idea of open design was born and became popular in the 2000s when the internet really hit the mainstream. Suddenly anyone could create something and share it with the world. Something that in the old world only big companies could do. Many people thought it was possible to apply this to the world of physical objects. Open design is about supporting global making and remaking through easy-to-make, well-documented designs and open licences. Based on this idea, open design is design made in such a way that any designer or non-designer can participate in making and designing new objects : they have to be easy to make, easy to understand and inclusive. “If everyone can understand how to reuse something then more people will reuse it, if more people understand how an object is made, more people can repair it.” Trikka : a platform for open circular design Today’s products are mostly made up of parts that are disposable and custom-made, meaning they can only be used in one particular product. So if one part breaks, the whole product is lost and it’s very difficult to reuse or repair. So why not design products using standard parts that are very easy to make and are also reusable, meaning the same part can work in many different products ? Inspired by Lego and Meccano, the Trikka system was created and all parts in this system are based on the same grid : evenly spaced holes in the parts so they always fit together. The Trikka platform now has 40 products and a catalogue of 120 parts, each of which belongs to at least two different products. Source image : Mifactori So if you have a chair from the Trikka system and a part of it is part of three other products, when the chair doesn’t suit you anymore, you can reuse it in another product which greatly extends the life of each part. What’s more, any designer can come to the platform and find the documentation for a part they like, make it and use it in one of their own designs, and they can also a add new parts to the catalogue : this is open design. With this concept, the catalogue also grows over time and you can have a part that is part of two products one year and two years later, the same part is part of six different products ! Source image : Mifactori What are the side-benefits of such a concept ? There are many very interesting aspects to this Trikka system, both circular and open source. The first one, as Lars explained to us, is that this system could work without centralised manufacturing and boost local makers. For example, if you see a chair you like on the Trikka platform, but you can’t buy it because there’s no manufacturer near you, you’re invited to find your local carpenter, call them and they can go to the website and find perfect documentation of all the parts to make the chair. In this way it could also stimulate local crafters to create more with modularity and stimulate a real loop locally. Another aspect they have with the Trikka system is tolerance : they try to come up with parts that can be made from different materials and sizes and still work together. This really encourages the use of local resources, the reuse of leftover materials that don’t necessarily have the right shape and form, but can still fit. Less precision in materials and sizes also allows for simpler hand tools, making it more affordable. Finally, one of the most important side effects, in our opinion, is that it stimulates creativity. As customers, we’re not used to being asked to redesign or rethink products in order to create others. Seeing products not as one piece, but as a multitude of parts that can be taken apart and reused in different ways, allows the user or designer to create and imagine more. Back to encyclopedia Our other articles on the same topics Madaster Les Pailles de Provence La Fumainerie Toopi Organics Newsletter CirculAgronomie Facebook Youtube Linkedin Instagram Copyright CirculAgronomie 2020
Madaster
Home What is Circular Economy ? Our project The encyclopedia Newsletter Langues Madaster Web : https://madaster.com/ Contact : info@madaster.com Localisation : Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Austria Date of meeting : 20 april 2023 Maturity of the projet : Mature Eco-design Recycling Digitalization Eliminate waste from the construction sector Created six years ago, Madaster is an international scale-up steering the construction sector towards a circular economy. Their purpose is to eliminate waste from the construction sector through digitalization and with the spreading of a new concept : the material passport. Born in the Netherlands, currently active in 5 further countries – Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Norway and Austria – and growing, they are at the forefront of the transition toward a circular economy in one of the most waste-intensive industry sectors. We had the chance to meet Martijn Oostenrijk, one of the co-founder of Madaster and now managing director of the company. The construction sector : CO2-, resource- & waste-intensive The construction sector creates more than 247 millions of tons of waste each year in France, making this sector responsible for more than 70% of all waste generated [1]. In the Netherlands, Martijn explains that this statement is not much different : in the linear system, with a take-make-waste point of view, 40% of the materials end up as degenerated stuff and lost for future use. Moreover, carbon dioxide emissions linked to the construction sector reached 10 Gt in 2021, for a global total of 37 Gt : almost a third of all global emissions [2]. Those numbers make it clear that the construction sector really is a big part of the climate and waste issues. However it is not new information that the building industry is not the greener one, so why is it still so ? For Martijn, it is mainly due to the construction sector being very conservative and late in the digital transformation, in combination with the fact that finance still rules our world and financial people don’t understand that materials are valuable in essence. Facing those challenges, Thomas Rau, a pioneering Dutch architect and author of the book “Material Matters”, approached Martijn Oostenrijk and Pablo van den Bosch, then working in the finance industry, to help him explain that circularity comes with financial benefits and value : Madaster was born. Image source : RAU, Triodos Bank “Ok this makes a difference, this is important, this is urgent and here we can make change” What is Madaster ? Madaster is an online platform, and like the land register, one can register all materials and products in their built environment, whether it is real estate or infrastructures. Once those materials are registered, they are provided with an identity. In the end, the aim is to extend this platform at a major scale so that it could be able to register any objects anywhere in the world. “Giving them an identity means that we can make conscious decisions about their future use instead of degrading those materials into a waste stream.” The importance of digitalization The construction sector has certain industry standards all architects, construction companies and engineers work with. Among those standards is something called the Building Information Management or BIM, that is the digitalization of a building. It contains all the different materials and products that are assembled in the product. Along with that is the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) : defined by the ISO, it enables each company producing a product to quantify environmental information on the life cycle of this product to enable comparisons between products fulfilling the same function. Each year, legislation increases the demand for such declarations. Hence, combining the BIM where “everything you can imagine in a building is captured” with the EPD of the products inside the building, enriching it with all kinds of environmental and financial data from trustworthy sources, Madaster creates many precious environmental and financial indicators for their clients, such as circularity index, detachability, embodied carbon or financial residual value. The circularity index Based on the Ellen Mc Arthur methodology, the circularity index is constructed based on three stages : the development stage, the use stage and the end-of-life stage. Within those tree stages, if more existing materials are used instead of virgin, that’s a plus in the development stage ; if the construction and the materials used during the construction phase lead up to a longer lifespan than the average, then that’s a plus, and if it was constructed in a way that it can be detached from the building for reuse, that’s a plus. The combination of those three stages leads to a circularity index between 0 and 100 and the score is penalized if information is missing. The financial residual value It is the value of a building at the end of its life : what materials can be reused, what’s the cost of reusing these materials ? Current and historical prices of each material in the building have been looked upon to create a line toward and guess their price in the future. Then, deducting the cost of removing, transporting and processing these materials for reuse, we can have the real financial residual value of a building. If materials are assembled in a way that they are easily detachable, it will lower the cost of processing it and increase the financial residual value of a building. “When we calculate the residual value of materials in a building, we want it to be really high because that incentify the user to get that steel bar out and sell it for reuse.” Whom is Madaster made for ? As a self-service platform, everyone can start working with Madaster simply by registering to an annual subscription : 900 €/year for businesses and 20€/year for private persons. The entire value chain of construction is invited to use Madaster. From the asset owners (governmental body, major investor, house owners) to the building team and finally the accelerators such as banks, insurance companies and so on. The latter will
Toopi Organics
Toopi Organics Sustainable supply Eco-design Industrial and territorial ecology Recycling FRANCE Web : https://toopi-organics.com/ Contact: contact@toopi-organics.com Localisation: Loupiac-de-la-Réole (33) Sector: Recycling Date of creation: 2019 Date of meeting : 21/04/021 Maturity of the project : Mature Valorise human urine into products for agriculture and industry. Overview History of the project Toopi Organics was created in 2019 after a meeting between three entrepreneurs. Matthieu Préel, manager of the company « Un Petit coin de Paradis » was daily confronted with the problem of recycling human urine. Through his dry toilet rental business, he has to pay to dispose of the urine he has collected. Michael Roes, founder of a biological fertiliser company, and Pierre Huguier, a doctor in soil ecotoxicology, have therefore developed a microbiological process to recycle urine into products for agriculture and industry. The company is currently developing its first product and hopes to have it on the market in the first half of 2022. Key numbers 1L of urine = 1L of finished product Goal to collect 1% of the urine generated in France Pilars of circular economy Sustainable supply Eco-design by developing a low-tech system for urine recovery. Industrial and territorial ecology through the linking of different actors in the same territory. Upstream actors for the collection of urine and downstream actors for whom the products are intended. Recycling of urine and its use as an agricultural input. How the project works ? To listen to Benjamin present the project, you can watch the video at the bottom of the article! 1. Urine, from waste to resource? Urine is actually seen as a waste product. It is eliminated via toilets and then treated with all sewage in purification plants. However, this current model has its limits. It poses problems for the sustainable management of water resources. On average, a flush consumes 9 litres of drinking water, which represents 10,000 litres per year and per person, or 20% of our annual water consumption. When water is treated in wastewater treatment plants, ⅔ of the nitrogen is released into the air and ⅓ into the water. Only 5% of the nitrogen in sewage sludge is recycled, which means that most of the nitrogen ends up in the wastewater. It should be noted that all the nitrogen consumed by humans is excreted, which represents 5 kg of nitrogen per person in one year. Because of its high nitrogen content, sewage sludge is the cause of eutrophication. Urine is mainly composed of water and contains a triptych of minerals that are very interesting for agriculture: the NPK triptych. Urine contains a significant concentration of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), which play an important role in soil fertilisation. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) 2. From collection to urine recovery Toopi Organics sees itself as the final player in the urine recovery chain. One of the challenges is to collect a significant quantity of high-quality urine. Urine collection is currently done locally and is set up with various partners: WCLoc, local partners: WCLoc, local authorities via the installation of dry urinals (male and female) in Langon and La Réole and medical analysis laboratories in Gironde. Other collection sites are being considered to recover large volumes: establishments open to the public (ERP), and toilets at motorway or construction site rest areas, for example. To ensure that the urine is of good quality, the Toopi Organics team adds lactic acid to the urine collection tanks. Lactic acid stabilises the urine and the degradation of urea into ammonia, a molecule that is responsible, among other things, for unpleasant odours. To ensure that the urine is of good quality, the collectors must carry out the following checks before shipping: pH test at different depths of the tank, colour test, etc. If all the conditions are correct 24 hours before shipping, the urine can be shipped. To ensure that the urine is of good quality, the collectors must carry out the following checks before shipping. If all the conditions are correct 24 hours before shipping, the urine can be shipped. Further tests are carried out on receipt of the product. If the urine is not of the expected quality, it is sent to a treatment plant for processing. The recovery of urine into biostimulant is done in a low-tech process. A bacterial strain of interest and a carbon source are inoculated into the urine, which is kept at 30 to 40°C. This low-tech process ultimately makes it possible to offer a product whose purchase cost is much lower than the current market price. Titre de va-et-vient test test Sustainable developement approach Environemental benefits Urine reclamation has a number of advantages as it leaves the water treatment process. Firstly, the use of waterless urinals, which are necessary for urine recovery, enables a more sustainable management of water resources. In addition, taking urine out of the water cycle can solve the problem of its disposal in wastewater treatment plants. It is still complicated to treat urine properly, particularly because of its high nitrogen concentration, which is responsible for eutrophication. Finally, the urine recovery process is low-tech, consuming very little energy. Economical benefits The combination of the use of human urine and this low-tech process makes it possible to offer farmers a much cheaper product. Reproductibility and development perspectives Development perspectives Toopi Organics expects to have its first product on the market in the first half of 2022. The processing capacity of the current plant is 400,000 litres, the next one will have a capacity of 2 million litres. Toopi Organics aims to develop its model throughout the country with the installation of processing sites in areas with more than 1 million litres of collection. Harvesting will take place within a 200km radius of the plant to avoid transport costs and pollution. Toopi Organics wants to diversify its product range over the years. Back to the encyclopedia Newsletter CirculAgronomie Subscribe Facebook Youtube Linkedin Instagram Legal information Copyright CirculAgronomie 2020
Ze Drive
Ze Drive Extension of product lifespan Sustainable supply Responsible consumption Functional economy FRANCE Web: https://zedrive.fr Contact: contact@thedrive.fr Lacalisation : Saint-André-de-Cubzac (33) Sector: Zero Waste Drive Date of creation: 2020 Date of meeting : 19/04/2021 Maturity of the project : Mature Overview Summary of the project Ze Drive was created by two co-founders: Laura and Célia. Laura was an agricultural engineer and already knew many local producers from her previous job. Célia was a school teacher. Both of them had the will to change jobs and to start a zero waste drive, following the Brut Nature video on the naked drive. At the beginning of 2019, they joined a project incubator: ETICoop, allowing them to have technical support and an outside view on the project. They leave their job in July 2019 and on February 14, 2020 receive their first order. They benefit from a massive influx of customers following the confinement and the flight of consumers from the large distribution. They decided to establish Ze Drive in Saint-André-de-Cubzac for personal reasons in the first place (housing) as well as for its good geographical position. Rents are lower than in Bordeaux, the town is at the crossroads of several departmental roads, on the edge of the A10 freeway, and upstream from the Pont d’Aquitaine, which means that traffic jams can be avoided (a major advantage for capturing suppliers from the North of Gironde). Key numbers 200 baskets per week 100 regular producers (the number varies according to the season) more than 1000 products online on the website more than 1200 families accompanied in their zero waste approach Pillars of circular economy Sustainable supply with work on product sourcing. Responsible consumption by the democratization of zero waste consumption, local (60%), and products that meet strict production criteria (80% organic). Extension of product lifespan of ‘packaging’: there is no more single-use packaging but reused containers (glass jar or cotton bags). Functional economy through the reverse deposit: Ze Drive packs all its products in reusable containers that you do not pay more for when you order, but for which you get a credit of 10 cents per container brought back the next time. Ze Drive washes them and puts them back into the circuit. Project functioning To listen to Laura Boudier present the project, you can watch the video at the bottom of the article! 1. A zero waste drive for all Ze Drive is a zero-waste drive that offers a wide range of local, national (for what cannot be found locally) and international products (products considered to be staple goods that cannot be found in mainland France. This is for example the case of bananas, tea and coffee). The aim is to avoid having to go to several shops to do one’s shopping: the consumer must find all the products he needs in the same place. Customers choose their pick-up location and validate their order by selecting the time slot of their choice: In Saint-André-de-Cubzac : Wednesdays from 10 am to 7 pm Fridays from 10am to 7pm Saturdays from 10 am to 1 pm Or on one of the weekly collection points : Villenave d’Ornon on Thursdays from 5pm to 7pm Libourne on Fridays from 16H to 19H Lormont on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Bordeaux, Wednesdays from 5pm to 7pm (from May 19th) 2. Non-refundable containers Ze Drive works with a reverse deposit system. When ordering, the customer only pays the price of the products. The containers are not charged in addition. In order to have the best possible return rate on its containers, Ze Drive uses the principle of the reverse deposit: the customer benefits from a purchase voucher of 0.10€ for each container returned. Once recovered, the containers (glass jars and tissue bags) are washed before being reintroduced into the circuit. The deposit system also applies to certain suppliers. Some specific containers are returned to suppliers: ice trays, bottles, cosmetic bottles… 3. Diversified and carefully selected products Ze Drive offers more than a thousand references on its website, distributed as follows: 80% food references and 20% non-food references. Among the references, 80% are from organic agriculture and 60% are local. The remaining 40% are French products or subject to special sourcing. Ze Drive is committed to offering ethical products that respect the living world. The primary desire is to remain on small-scale organic and local production. Ze Drive offers a large number of references allowing users of the service to do all their shopping in one place. Customers also have the possibility of ordering fresh fish thanks to a partnership with the eco-responsible structure Poiscaille. Ze Drive seeks to make its service accessible to as many people as possible, without being too elitist. The goal is to offer several ranges of products: from the organic nugget from a small local production, with a price that values the work of the producer, to the organic product from a larger structure, not necessarily local, which is able to offer prices more accessible to small budgets. sustainable development approach Environmental benefits Ze Drive’s zero waste initiative helps to fight against the production of waste generated by single-use household packaging and over-packaging. The development of this type of project makes it possible to democratize the reuse of containers and to stop the use of non-reusable plastic packaging. Economic benefits The development of the drive makes it possible to develop the economic fabric of Bordeaux by relying on the short circuit via supplies from local producers. Social benefits The development of the drive makes it possible to develop the economic fabric of Bordeaux by relying on the short circuit via supplies from local producers. Reproducibility & perspective of evolution Reproducibility Numerous zero waste projects are emerging throughout the country, such as the L’écho des Bocaux store in Saumur, or the first zero waste drive in France, the Drive Tout Nu located in Toulouse. These initiatives allow the democratization of a more environmentally friendly way of consumption. Perspective of evolution The
L’Echo des Bocaux
The local shop l’Echo des Bocaux is a bulk grocery store which democratizes the zero waste consumption to the inhabitants of Saumur.
A La Ferme d’Aunis
A La Ferme d’Aunis Responsible consumption Sustainable supply FRANCE Web: https://www.a-la-ferme-d-aunis.com Contact: alafermedaunis@gmail.com Localisation: Surgères (17) Sector: Producer’s store Date of creation: 2010 Date de meeting: 15/04/2021 Maturity of the projet: Mature A producer’s store Overview Summary project A La ferme d’Aunis is a producer store based in Surgères in Charente-Maritime (17). The producer store is organized as an association whose president is Emmanuel Bonacki. This food store offers a wide range of products from fruits and vegetables to meat and dairy products supplied by 33 producers located within a radius of 100 km around the sales point. Keys numbers 33 produceurs local products within 100 km of the point of sale Pilars of circular economy Responsible consumption with local and seasonal products that are part of a sustainable agriculture approach. Sustainable supply with marketing of agricultural products limiting the number of intermediaries between the producer and the consumer. Project operation To hear Laurence Février present the project, you can watch the video at the bottom of the article! 1. The genesis of the project In 2009, one of Emmanuel Bonacki’s friends opened a producer store in La Rochelle: Panier de nos campagnes. It is the very first producer store in Charente Maritime. He put forward the idea of setting up a similar store in Surgères, in partnership with the Chamber of Agriculture. In 2010, the association is created and has 6 members. The time has come to find a local. The association has rented a building qualified as high environmental quality (HQE). The premises is autonomous in heating and agrees with the approach of short circuit. The store opened in September 2011 and has 25 producers. The opening hours are from Thursday 2pm to Saturday 1pm with 1 employee and 3 producers on duty. The objectives set at the opening are 450 customers with an average basket of 35€, i.e. a turnover of 15 000€ per week. The actual turnover is 19 000€ per week. In July 2015, a fire broke out in another part of the building. The spread of smoke made the structure unstable and the entire building had to be closed. The municipality then lends them a relay room where the store stays for a year. In January 2016, the association went in search of land to build its new store. The purchase of the land amounts to 13 000€ and the construction of the building to 700 000€. The building is made of wood and is close to the design of the buildings of the past. Its construction ends in December 2017 and new producers have been added to the project which brings the number of producers to 33. The opening system remains the same but this time there are 2 employees and 2 permanent producers. The objective increases to 25,000€ TTC per week, or about 700 customers per week with an average basket of 35€. 2. From pitchfork to fork When the association was created, a charter was defined, allowing to decide on the producers who can be part of the store. -> The producer must be located within a radius of 100km around the place of sale. -> There is no particular attachment to a label (organic in particular), the choice is more about the practice of sustainable agriculture. There are no rules defining what sustainable agriculture is, but the producers know each other and know how each one works. -> As far as breeding is concerned: ban on the use of GMOs in animal feed. particular attention to animal welfare purchase and resale prohibited: what is sold in the store must come from the producer. This clause sometimes leads to shortages total transparency: the customer can have access to the animal’s passport which indicates its age, its origin… -> Obligation to have producers on duty during the opening days: from the fork to the fork. This clause is present in the agreement with the Chamber of Agriculture. The number of hours allocated to each producer depends on his turnover on the sales of the store. -> Producers must be affiliated with MSA or ENIM (for oyster farming). One of the drawbacks of a production within a 100 km radius of the point of sale is that not all products are available. This is particularly the case for summer fruits, which are not widely produced in the region. There is a strawberry producer and an apricot and nectarine producer, but the harvests are very variable from one year to the next. 3. A diversity of products The store offers a wide variety of products: meat (ostrich, beef, pork, veal, chicken, duck, lamb, rabbit, pigeon): 7 producers creamery (cow’s milk yogurt and butter, goat’s milk and cheese): 3 producers fruits and vegetables (apple, pear, jam, compote, beet, aromatic herbs, kiwi, mushrooms…) : 8 producers flowers and plants : 2 producers alcoholic beverages (beer and wine) : 3 producers pasta : 1 producer flours, breads, buns : 2 producers nuts : 1 producer salt : 1 producer honey : 1 producer oil and oilseeds : 1 producer seafood (oysters, gambas…) : 2 producers infusion : 1 producer chicken eggs: 1 producer The only missing product is fish. For the moment, the association is unable to find a fisherman who fits into the charter of the association. Moreover, the constraint is stronger since he should be present every week to sell his fish. These days of permanence are days of fishing in less. 4. The operation of the store The sale takes place from Thursday 2:00 pm to Saturday 12:30 pm every week. There are two employees and two producers on duty who ensure the functioning of the store: restocking if necessary, distribution of meat, cashing… The producers can deliver their products when they wish. Deliveries are generally made on Thursday morning, before the store opens. The store only acts as a service provider. The producers remain owners of their products as long as they are not sold. It is therefore up to them
Le Drive tout nu
The Drive tout nu Extension of product lifespan Sustainable supply Responsible consumption Functional economy FRANCE Web: https://ledrivetoutnu.com/ Contact: lea.robine@ledrivetoutnu.com Location: Beauzelle (31) Sector: Distribution Date of creation : 2018 Date of analysis: Février 2021 Project maturity : Mature A zero waste drive Aperçu Project summary The concept of the Drive tout nu was born in 2018 with Salomé and Pierre Géraud following the alarming observation on the amount of waste produced by mass distribution. This observation, Pierre was able to realize during a trip to a country that did not have a waste recovery system. The waste is in the open air, in full view of everyone. When he returned to France, he had the idea of democratizing zero waste consumption, which allows everyone to reduce their household waste production. However, shopping in zero waste is not easy and can be restrictive for a novice in the matter. The “drive” format makes it accessible to everyone. That’s how the Drive tout nu was born. A way accessible to all to do its shopping zero waste. The first drive opens north of Toulouse in 2018. Today, 3 drives are present in Toulouse and another will open in Lille. All products are distributed in glass jars. Thus the products are presented in an authentic way and naked (like the drive). Customers return the washed jars and receive a 10 cent voucher. Key figures 4 Drives (3 in Toulouse, 1 in Lille) 200 baskets/ drive a week 150 locals producers 1 700 references in catalog Pillars of Circular Economy Sustainable supply with work on product sourcing: 60% local producers within a 100km radius of the drive, national products selected according to criteria corresponding to the values of the circular economy. Banning of ultra-processed products (UPC). Functional economythrough the use of jars. They are owned by the Drive tout nu and are made available to its customers as packaging. They are then washed and maintained by the Drive. Responsible consumption by the democratization of zero waste, local consumption and products that meet strict production criteria. Extension of product lifespan of ‘packaging’ : we no longer use a single package but a reusable glass jar. Project operation 1. The Drive tout nu, a zero waste drive for everyone The Drive tout nu is a zero waste drive that offers a wide range of local, national (for what can not be local) and ultra national (products considered as current consumption products that can not be found in metropolitan France. This is for example the case of bananas). The goal is to avoid having to go to multiple stores to shop: consumers should find all the products they need in one place. After ordering, customers receive their products in glass jars. They can also return their washed jars for a 10 cent voucher. 2. Glass jars for everyone Dry goods, cheese and solid cosmetics are sold in glass jars. The products are thus presented in their raw state. As far as household products are concerned, they are subject to strict standards. They are sold in plastic containers and each container is specific to a product. Le Drive tout nu is working on referencing meat that will be sold in vacuum-packed glass jars. 3. Returnable containers At the creation of the first drive, the glass jars came from donations. Today, due to the success of the project, the donations of glass jars are not sufficient to cover the demand. The vast majority of the jars used have therefore been purchased. The operation with a deposit system was not feasible. To recover the empty jars, the Drive tout nu has set up a voucher system: the customers bring back the containers and accumulate 10ct of voucher per container brought back when they reach 2€. This model, based on trust, allows the recovery of the jars. The jars and capsules are washed by the customers. When they come to the drive-through, they are exchanged for vouchers. Once received, they are washed and pasteurized before being reused in the drive. Some suppliers of the drive operate with a reverse deposit system. 4. Le Drive tout nu selects its products with care Product sourcing is based on 3 rules: zero waste : a work is carried out with the producers who wish to develop this zero waste side. For the processed dishes, the producers recover the jars. local products: 60% of producers are located within 100km of the drive. quality : although the organic label is an indicator of quality, it is not exhaustive. This is why the Drive tout nu does not restrict its catalog to products from organic agriculture but chooses its suppliers according to their agricultural practices. The suppliers must answer a schedule of conditions elaborated internally. Domestic products, which cannot be sourced locally, come from companies offering a circular economic model. The drives do not offer ultra-processed products; the products sold cannot have a list of ingredients that cannot be found in the kitchen. Attention is also paid to the manufacturing process. For ultra-national products, the drives only offer products for everyday consumption (bananas, chocolate, tea…) that cannot be found on French territory so as not to compete with French products. The Drive tout nu works with Etic Miam for the sourcing of international products in respect of the values of short circuit and fair trade. SUSTAINABLE APPROACH Environmental benefits The Le Drive tout nu’s zero waste initiative helps to fight against the production of waste and single-use packaging. The development of this type of approach makes it possible to democratize the reuse of containers and the end of single-use plastic-based packaging. Economic benefits The development of this project makes it possible to develop the economic fabric of Toulouse by relying on the short circuit. Social benefits Le Drive tout nu has the ESUS approval : Solidarity Company of Social Utility. The company’s statutes include the notion of environmental and social impact. In concrete terms, this translates into a responsible energy supplier, the implementation of compost,
Les Marmites Volantes
Les Marmites Volantes Sustainable Supply Responsible consumption Eco-design Recycling FRANCE Web: www.marmitesvolantes.fr Contact: commercial@marmitesvolantes.fr Localisation: Paris (75) Sector: Catering Date of creation: 2012 Date de meeting: March 2021 Maturity of the project: Mature Overview Summary of the project Les Marmites Volantes is a responsible catering project initiated by its 4 founders in 2011 with the objective of offering tasty and convivial meals while being in line with the ecological transition. Today, Les Marmites Volantes has two restaurants (Paris XIXth and Montreuil), delivery in companies and a canteen service for elementary schools in Paris and its suburbs and an EHPAD. In addition, the Marmites Volantes are also four commitments: a sustainable supply. an optimized waste management with a sorting of bio-waste and a zero waste solution thanks to the use of returnable containers. the use of soft mobility. All deliveries are made using electrically assisted bicycles. a social commitment, including inclusive recruitment, training and internal promotion. The company is recognized by the ESUS label: Entreprise Solidaire d’Utilité Sociale One of the objectives is to show that it is possible to do catering differently. The company now has four activities: Catering in 2 restaurants (Jaurès and Montreuil) Deliveries to companies Collective catering in 12 private schools and an Ehpad since the Covid crisis. The first deliveries began in 2018, with the installation in 2020 of a production laboratory in the La Chapelle district of Paris, dedicated for schools. Cafeteria launched in early March 2021 at in the School of Decorative Arts. More contracts in collective catering were accepted during the health crisis due to the development of telecommuting in companies. Here is an overview of the distribution of activities post -covid and during the covid: Post: 40% collective / 40% companies / 20% restaurantDuring: 55% collective (school + EHPAD) / 15% companies / 40% restaurant Zoom on the label ESUS [1] The ESUS (Entreprise Solidaire d’Utilité Sociale) approval is part of the 2014 law on social and solidarity economy aiming at the implementation of an environment favorable to the development of social and solidarity economy companies. The conditions for obtaining the ESUS label are as follows: pursue a social utility as a main objectiveto prove that this search for social utility has an impact on the company’s income statement or profitabilitya remuneration policy that respects the following 2 rulesthe average of the 5 best paid employees/managers cannot exceed an annual ceiling of 7 times the minimum wagethe compensation paid to the highest paid employee of the company may not exceed an annual ceiling of 10 times the minimum wage – the company’s shares must not be traded on a financial market Certain companies known as “full rights” are not subject to the conditions for obtaining approval, except for the condition that they are not listed on a financial market. Duration of validity : Once delivered, the ESUS approval is valid for a period of 5 years. This duration is limited to 2 years for companies whose creation date is less than 3 years before the date of the application. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Key figures 2 restaurants (Jaurès and Montreuil) 4 historic engagements In 3 years, 4T of packaging avoided thanks to the kettles In 7 years: 80000 km travelled by bike 50% of jobs are the result of internal promotion 25 employees Pillars of circular economy Sustainable supply of resources with the establishment of short circuit with products coming directly from producers (35% of food). These “direct producers” foods come from the Ile de France, the Hauts de France and the Mayenne… For the rest of the products, the Marmites Volantes use small intermediaries such as Terroirs d’Avenir, Zingam or Biocoop Restauration. The electricity supplier was also chosen to be in agreement with the values of the Marmites Volantes; it is Enercoop which guarantees an electricity produced from renewable energy. Eco-design with the use of second-hand furniture for the restaurant rooms. For example, the restaurant tables were made with recycled materials. The wood of the old counter will be transformed into shelves. Responsible consumption with a sustainable supply, seasonal products from short circuits. The delivery of the dishes is also done according to an objective of soft mobility. The three deliverymen, employees of the company, use electric bikes for all deliveries (private and collective). Les Marmites Volantes takes its name from the use of returnable containers: marmites. These containers guarantee the reuse of the latter and thus the end of single-use containers. Recycling with the sorting of bio-waste and the composting of the latter. project functioning 1. Responsible procurement The first commitment of the co-founders of Les Marmites Volantes is to a sustainable supply of resources. The choice is made to work with producers whose production methods we know and to use raw and seasonal products. 35% of deliveries are made directly to the producers. 90% of the fruits and vegetables are organic, but beyond the label, it is common sense that prevails. Many partnerships are historical, like the one with the market gardeners “Le BioGardin” with whom they work hand in hand since the creation of the flying pots. A small overview of the different suppliers: Fruits and Vegetables : Le BioGardin, market gardeners located in Oise, Le Zingam, Terroir d’Avenir and the Coop Bio d’Ile de France. Meat: Meignan for pork, Château-Neuf meat in the Hauts de France and Roule ma Poule for poultry (in Seine-et-Marne) Creamery and eggs: Goncourt cheese factory, Beillevaire and the brin d’herbe dairy in Normandy. Cereals and legumes: Biocoop catering Bread: La conquête du pain, based in Montreuil Micro Pousse: the urban farmer Coffee: the Belleville and Barbès coffee shops Beer : the brewery of the being and the brewery of the golden drop The electricity supply of the two restaurants is done with Enercoop, a French supplier of electricity of 100% renewable origin. Enercoop is recognized as a “truly green” supplier by Greenpeace and Premium by the Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME). [2] 2. Course of a typical day Catering
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