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COWI: Finding hidden treasures in your waste streams. What’s your wildest waste dream? – Discover the zero waste toolbox 💸

  • 📍 Rainbow pop-up space in Hafnartorg 🌈 Geirsgata 17 101 Reykjavík Iceland (map)

What are the tools at our disposal at the beginning of projects to reduce waste and encourage reuse? What are the prime examples we can use for inspiration to produce value from “waste”? 

Speaker: María Stefánsdóttir, Environmental Engineer, COWI 

The Reykjavik district heating system owned by Orkuveitan is split between two sources of hot water. How do we unite the system to make better use of our resources and secure warm houses and heated swimming pools for future generations? 

Speaker: Baldur Brynjarsson, Research Project Manager, Orkuveitan 

Short stories from Elkem Iceland how they have used the "3Ps framework - people, planet and profit" and the "circular economy wheel" to find hidden treasures in production of Ferro Silicon. How the treasures are developed for future products, processes and techonlogies at the plant in Grundartangi.  

Speaker: Sigurjón Svavarsson, Environmental Manager, Elkem Iceland 

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