Solution: Recycle performance materials. Owner: ArtStock. Circular Strategy: Recycle.
Description
This organisation aims to promote environmentally friendly set design. Instead of discarding sets that are no longer used, this organisation wants to reuse aspects to make them affordable and circular.
Location
Route de la Tuilerie, France.
Scale
3,000m2 of construction workshops and storage space.
Potential circular economy impact
This organisation discovered that many old set designs were destroyed and sent to landfill. The includes equipment, raw materials, fabrics, canvases and more. This organisation now works to recycle these sets, saving more than 4,000m2 of high-quality decoration since 2009. They have become one of the major advocates for the circular economy in the culture sector.
What’s involved?
People: Trained staff for collection and separating different materials; skilled staff with knowledge in repurpose.
Resources: Suitable equipment; suitable vehicles for transport; working space; storage area.
Technology: Suitable tools; equipment; website.
Implementation: Trained staff; suitable tools; equipment; suitable vehicles.