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An invention that started from shrimp waste

BioSO4 has developed a patented method to recycle the various sulphur compounds in waste waters. The origins of the innovation can be traced back to the East, when three researchers from Kuopio went to contemplate what to do with a huge mountain of shrimp waste. According to a Vietnamese company, in 2025 it could produce as much as 420 tonnes of smelly waste that is difficult to manage every day.

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Europe's first circular economy pedestrian and cycle path

On the Koululaisenpolku, a pedestrian and cycle path in Kemi, the cyclists pedal on Europe's first circular economy pedestrian and cycle path. In connection with the repairing of the pedestrian and cycle path, a unique circular economy innovation experiment was conducted, coordinated by the Circular Economy Centre/Digipolis.

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Blogs

Clean water is a question for the future

Julkaistu Jul 14, 2025 8:15:00 AM

Finland is home to 168,000 lakes and ponds, 21,000 kilometers of rivers, and a long coastline, as well as countless swamps, streams, and wetlands. These waters have always been an essential part of...

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The construction industry of the future will be based on the circular economy

Julkaistu Aug 24, 2021 5:03:19 PM

PHOTOGRAPH: Hartaanselänranta general plan, MUUAN Oy

In the prologue of the research report CLT-Koetalon rakennusfysikaaliset tutkimukset, published in 2016, I wrote more or less as follows: “The...

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You don’t move to a full-scale circular economy overnight

Julkaistu Jul 22, 2021 10:18:00 AM

Circular economy solutions are needed to safeguard biodiversity and solve the climate crisis. This is boldly stated in the website of the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. The circular economy is a tool...

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