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CIRCULAR ECONOMY / COMPETENCE CATALOGUE

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

RESEARCHERS

COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL

Attila Marton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Jesper Clement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Kirsti Reitan Andersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Luise Noring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Maria J . Figueroa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Sarah Netter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK

Krist V . Gernaey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Lene Lange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Lisbeth M . Ottosen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Maj Munch Andersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Simon Bolwig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Stig Irving Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Thomas Fruergaard Astrup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

COPENHAGEN UNIVERSITY

Emil Engelund Thybring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Karsten Högh Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Klavs Martin Sörensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Lars Stoumann Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Lisbeth G . Thygesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Niclas Scott Bentsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Niels Fold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Sören Sörensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Sune Tjalfe Thomsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Susanne Sørensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Thomas Nord-Larsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Tonci Balic-Zunic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Wender Bredie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

CASES

Gate 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Capital Region of Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

The City of Copenhagen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Tarpaper Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

2 CIRCULAR ECONOMY / COMPETENCE CATALOGUE

A FLOURISHING RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT FOR CIRCULAR ECONOMY INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS


INTRODUCTION

Circular Economy represents great potential in terms of new economic opportunities, techno-logical innovation and sustainable development in Europe . Copenhagen EU Office welcomes the introduction of Circular Economy as a crosscutting area of priority across EU policies, and we will con-tribute to unleash its potential .

The Capital Region of Denmark hosts outstanding research institutions that conduct excellent re-search in the area of Circular Economy with front-runner researchers from University of Copenhagen, Technical University of Denmark and Copenhagen Business School .

This publication maps the competencies of this flourishing research environment on Circular Economy . You will find profiles of 27 researchers and their core competencies in relation to Circular Economy . They conduct research in areas such as the sharing economy, consumer behaviour, smart cities, life cycle assessments, biomass and bioenergy, waste management, eco-innovation, green chemistry, climate mitigation, food security, renewable resources, hydrological processes, water resources as well as plant nutrients .

The researchers are interested in working together with decision makers, academic institutions, com-panies and public institutions in Europe with a

view to developing and testing the most promising research and innovation schemes in the area of Circular Economy .

Moreover, the Capital Region of Denmark and many of its municipalities are interested to be-come test beds for Circular Economy projects and would like to upscale existing projects on a larger European scale . Therefore, this publication also includes descriptions of four promising projects; a cross-regional case, a regional case, a municipality case and a business case in order to illustrate the potentials of concrete Circular Economy projects .

The readers of this publication are invited to con-tact the researchers directly in order to explore avenues for future cooperation . The reader is also welcome to contact Copenhagen EU Office with any inquiry . We will be happy to help you .

Lasse Holm Grønninglgh@cphoffice .eu / +45 2999 7878 Mette Buskjær Rasmussenmbr@cphoffice .eu / +45 5144 6810 Lea Stoustrup Brandtlsb@cphoffice .eu / +45 45 11 02 96


RESEARCHER / CBS

Professional profileMr . Marton’s research is mostly based in the social study of technology, information systems research and organization studies . In particular, he is re-searching on the implications of technological developments on social institutions such as (a) Memory institutions (e .g . digitalization of libraries, archives, and museums), (b) Sharing (e .g . sharing economy) and (c) Organizations (e .g . algorithmic hierarchies) . He has been collaborating with re-searchers from the London School of Economics, Gothenburg University and Aalto University .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challengeMr . Martons contributions rest on his expertise on the social impact of new information technologies and the emergence of the sharing economy as a hybrid form of interaction combining altruistic openness and self-organization with egotistic profiteering and firm-based management . Hence, his research can contribute lessons and pitfalls learned from the sharing economy applied to the circular economy .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Sharing Economy – ITM Research Theme (2016-)2 . Open Big Data – ITM Research Theme (2011-2016)3 . The Information Growth And Internet Research

project (TIGAIR) (2006-2012)

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Marton A ., Constantiou I . and Lagoudakos G .

(2017): Openness and Legitimacy Building in the Sharing Economy: An Exploratory Case Study about CouchSurfing . 50th Hawaii Interna-tional Conference on System Sciences (HICSS): Waikoloa, Hawaii .

2 . Marton A ., Constantiou I . and Thoma A . (2015): Sharing Economy: Moving beyond Economic Institutions? 31st Colloquium of the European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS): Athens, Greece .

3 . Kallinikos J ., Aaltonen A . and Marton A . (2013): The Ambivalent Ontology of Digital Artifacts . MIS Quarterly 37(2):357-370 .

Key members of research groupProfessor (MSO) Ioanna Constantiou and Professor Virpi Tuunainen .

ATTILA MARTON

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Associate Professor UNIVERSITY: Copenhagen Business School UNIT: Department of IT Management EMAIL: am .itm@cbs .dkPHONE NUMBER: +45 38 15 38 15


RESEARCHER / CBS

Professional profileMr . Pedersen is conducting research in the areas of corporate sustainability, corporate social respon-sibility, non-financial performance measurement, sustainable business models and business para-doxes/tensions .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge:• Knowledge of new business models for sustain-

ability .• Knowledge on the analysis of the institutional

environment for corporate sustainability .• Knowledge on management and organisation

of corporate sustainability .• Knowledge of the use of business cases and

other accounting tools in organisations .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Sustainable Business Models (SUSTBUS) . Online

Video Education Modules on Sustainable Busi-ness Models . For: ERASMUS+

2 . The DRIP Partnership: Water Efficient Food Production . Business models for water efficient solutions . For: Innovation Fund Denmark .

3 . Big Data for Shared Value . How to use data for better population health . For: Region Zealand (FIERS) .

4 . Mistra Future Fashion . Sustainable business models for the fashion industry . For: the MISTRA Foundation .

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Pedersen, E .R .G ., Lauesen, L .M . and Kourula, A .

(2017): Back to basics: Exploring perceptions of stakeholders within the Swedish fashion indus-try, Published in Social Responsibility Journal 13(2):266-278 .

2 . Pedersen, E .R .G ., Gwozdz, W . & Hvass, K .K . (2016): Exploring the Relationship between Business Model Innovation, Corporate Sustainability, and Organisational Values within the Fashion Indus-try, Forthcoming in Journal of Business Ethics .

3 . Andersen, K .R . & Pedersen, E .R .G . (2015): Sus-tainability Innovators and Anchor Draggers: Results from a Global Expert Study on Sustain-able Fashion, Published in Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 19(3): 315-327 . (ABS=1, BIB=1, Google=10) .

4 . Pedersen, E .R .G . & Netter, S . (2015): Collaborative Consumption: Business Model Opportunities and Barriers for Fashion Libraries, Published in Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 19(3): 258-273 . (ABS=1, BIB=1, Google=18) .

Key members of research groupKirsti Reitan Andersen, Sarah Netter, Wencke Gwozdz and Ana Lucia Diaz Schiavon .

ESBEN RAHBEK GJERDRUM PEDERSEN

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Professor (mso)

UNIVERSITY: Copenhagen Business School

UNIT: Management, Society and Communication

EMAIL: ergp .msc@cbs .dk

PHONE NUMBER: +45 38 15 27 41


RESEARCHER / CBS

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Associate Professor


UNIT: Department of Marketing

EMAIL: jc .marktg@cbs .dk

PHONE NUMBER: +45 38 15 22 09

Professional profileMr . Clement is the Head of the Decision Neurosci-ence Research Cluster (DNRC), the home base for projects in the borderland between brain research and consumer behavioural research . He holds a PhD in marketing in visual attention and design . DNRC and Mr . Clement contribute knowledge on human perception and response to visual stimuli . The contribution includes experimental research and tests with eye-tracking, EEG and GSR . Previous project experience comes from being part of the leading team in the FairSpeak project at Copenhagen Business School (2007-2012) .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Insights into consumers’ response to new ways

of market products and services• Consumer behaviour

Most recent/relevant project1 . Supervisor for PhD scholarship in Marketing and

Circular Economy (2016-2019) .

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Halloran, A ., Clement, J ., Kornum, N ., Bucatariu,

C ., & Magid, J . (2014) . Addressing food waste reduction in Denmark . Food Policy, 49, Part 1, 294–301 . https://doi .org/http://doi .org/10 .1016/j .foodpol .2014 .09 .005

2 . Sönnichsen, Clement and Kornum (2017); In-novation Broker in a Circular Economic Context, Conference paper at “Opening the Bin” .

Key members of research group• Niels Kornum, Associate Professor, Department

of Marketing Sönnich Dahl Sönnichsen, PhD fellow, Depart-

ment of Marketing .

JESPER CLEMENT


RESEARCHER / CBS

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Post Doc


UNIT: Department of Management, Society and Communication

EMAIL: kra .msc@cbs .dk

PHONE NUMBER: +45 38 15 30 13

Professional profileMs . Andersen’s previous research has mainly been in the fields of design thinking, cultural studies, organisational change, tensions, new business models and sustainability . She has conducted research on how organisations in the textile and fashion industry might change towards practicing sustainability, with a focus to the use of design thinking as a tool for change . As co-founder of “Manufacture Copenhagen”, she has gained practi-cal knowledge on setting up a complex organisa-tion that depends on trans-disciplinary and cross-institutional collaboration . Based on her research, Ms . Andersen has access to a range of organisa-tion within the field of sustainable textiles and fashion and increasingly, urban gardening as a tool to build resilient cities .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challengeMs . Andersen can contribute with her knowledge on organisational challenges and opportunities to changing towards practicing sustainability, organi-sational tensions in local production and urban gardening as a tool for change .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Manufacture Copenhagen/MAKES2 . Sustainability for Schools3 . Urban Challenges: Urban Gardening

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Pedersen, E . R . G . and Andersen, K . R . (2015) .

Sustainability Innovators and Anchor Draggers: a Global Expert Study on Sustainable Fashion . Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal, 19(3), p . 315 – 327 .

2 . Albu, O .B ., Larsen, F ., Sigurdarson, H ., Andersen, K .R ., Hansen, L .L .G . (2013) . What is Business Anthropology? An Ethnographic Study of an Explorative Workshop . Journal of Business An-thropology . Spring 2013 .

3 . Andersen, K .R .A . (2017) . Stabilizing Sustainability in the Textile and Fashion Industry . PhD Series 05 .2017 .

Key members of research groupEsben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen, Else Skjold, Kerli Kant Hvass, Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Frederik Larsen, Sarah Netter, Ana Lucia Diaz Schiavon and Prisca Vilsbøl .

KIRSTI REITAN ANDERSEN


RESEARCHER / CBS

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Programme Director & Assistant Professor


UNIT: Department of Intercultural Communication and Management

EMAIL: lno .msc@cbs .dk

PHONE NUMBER: +45 41 85 20 40

Professional profileMs . Noring is an academic and a practitioner dedicated to creating sustainable urban societies through a better understanding of urban govern-ance and urban finance . Her primary focus areas are: Urban governance and finance; Sustainable urbanization; Renaturing cities; Partnerships and business development; Cities and migration; Cities and mobility innovation .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Cities, including urban governance and finance .• Sustainable cities, including how to develop

sustainable cities based on new governance norms and finance mechanisms .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Brookings Network of Future Cities (July 2017-

July 2019) .2 . Siemens Cities Governing City Infrastructure

(June 2015-Dec 2017) .3 . EU Erasmus+ Urban Challenges (2012-Dec 2019) .

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Expert and co-author, Luise Noring; Towards an

EU research and innovation policy agenda for nature-based solutions & re-naturing cities (EU Commission) .

2 . Bruce Katz, Luise Noring; Cities and Refugees: The German Experience (Brookings Institution) .

3 . Bruce Katz, Luise Noring; The Five Kinds of Cities We’ll see in a Populist Era (Brookings Institution) .

Key members of research group (Team members)• Ditte Lindharth Tellgren, M .A . Urban Ethnologist

and Cultural Analyst . Project Manager, EU Projects .• Julie Jo Nygaard, M .A . Supply Chain Manage-

ment . Coordinator, EU Projects .• Nantke Garrelts, M .A . International/Global Studies .

Researcher, Brookings Institution .

LUISE NORING


RESEARCHER / CBS

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Assistant Professor UNIVERSITY: Copenhagen Business School UNIT: Department of Business and Politics EMAIL: mf .dbp@cbs .dkPHONE NUMBER: +45 38 15 44 62

Professional profileMs . Figueroa coordinates teaching for the inter-university “Copenhagen Sustainability Initiative” (COSI) in a joint effort between the three universities Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen Univer-sity and Technical University of Denmark . It offers a multidisciplinary approach for tackling climate changes and sustainability . She is also coordinating the Smart City Urban Challenge on how digitalization can contribute in the form of services, efficiency and information in support of development that feed ecosystem platforms for co-creative inclusive processes toward a circular economy and low carbon transition . Methodologically, Ms . Figueroa’s research and teaching requires a focus on actors’ systemic interactions, comparative policy and scenario assessments, understanding of life cycle assessments, analysis of social, economic and en-vironmental trends .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Circular economy research in a systemic-urban-

ecosystem approach .• Focus areas: 1) Energy/transport/climate, 2)

Waste and 3) Food (with possibilities of creat-ing cross-cutting research between the three areas and Smart cities & Health approaches) .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . 2017 . European 7th Framework: Impact of Third

Sector as Social Innovation for environmental sustainability and climate ITSSOIN .eu .

2 . EU Erasmus+ Urban Challenges (2012-Dec 2019) . Smart City Challenge academic coordinator .

3 . 2014 . Lead author in the 5th assessment report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) .

4 . 2012 . Convened Lead Author in the Sustainability aspects of Energy and Transport Chapter of the international project Global Energy Assessment led by the International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Austria (IIASA) .

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Figueroa, M . et al . (2016): Social Innovation in

Environmental Sustainability . Deliverable 6 .4 of the project: “Impact of the Third Sector as Social Innovation” (ITSSOIN), European Commission – 7th Framework Programme, Brussels: European Commission, DG Research . www .ITSSOIN .eu

2 . Figueroa M . et al . (2014): Energy for Transport . In Annual Reviews of Environment and Resourc-es, Vol . 39: 295-325 (Volume publication date October 2014) .

3 . Figueroa, M . et al . (2014): Transport in Climate Change Working Group III contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report, Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) in: Climate Change 2014- Mitigation of Climate Change, 5th Assessment Report . Working Group III . Cambridge University Press .

Key members of research group(2017-2021) Member of Technical Advisory Panel for UK-DFID Department for International Develop-ment sponsored Programme Management Unit for an Applied Research Program in High Volume Low-Carbon Transport in Low Income countries and Cities in Africa and South Asian countries .

MARIA J . FIGUEROA


RESEARCHER / CBS

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Centre Manager cbsCSR, Project Manager Governing Responsible Business, Project Manager CBS Sustainability, PhD

UNIVERSITY: Copenhagen Business School UNIT: Department of Management, Society and Communication EMAIL: sn .msc@cbs .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 38 15 30 14

Professional profileMs . Netter is the Centre Manager at the Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (cbsCSR) at Copenhagen Business School in Denmark . Prior to her appointment, she has been a PhD fellow and a Post-Doctoral fellow at the Department of Management, Society and Communication . Her re-search focusses on the sharing economy, consumer behavior, business model innovation, stakeholder tensions, sustainability and the fashion industry . Ms . Netter is particularly interested in exploring this new phenomenon and to provide a more nuanced understanding of the opportunities and tensions that characterize the sharing economy . As part of her research, she has conducted extensive fieldwork on the sharing economy in Europe and USA . Thus, she has access to a large network of sharing or-ganizations and non-academic actors working on the sharing economy .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Knowledge on opportunities and tensions that

characterize the sharing economy .• The sharing economy, consumer behavior, busi-

ness model innovation, stakeholder tensions, sustainability and the fashion industry .

• Access to a large global network within the context of the sharing economy and sustainable fashion .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Exploring the Sharing Economy2 . Big Data, Circularity and Sharing Economy:

Business Opportunities and Societal Concerns

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Netter, S . (2016) . Exploring the Sharing Economy .

Frederiksberg: Copenhagen Business School [PhD] .

2 . Pedersen, E . G . P ., & Netter, S . (2015) . ’Collabo-rative consumption: Business model opportuni-ties and barriers for fashion libraries’ . Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 19(3), pp . 258-273 .

3 . Netter, S . (2016) . ‘Availability Cascades and the Sharing Economy: A Critique of Sharing Economy Narratives’ . In: A . Genus, A . (ed .): Sustainable Consumption: Design, Innovation and Practice . Springer Science .

SARAH NETTER


RESEARCHER / DTU

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Professor UNIVERSITY: Technical University of Denmark (DTU) UNIT: Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering EMAIL: kvg@kt .dtu .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 30 58 54 70 / +45 45 25 29 70

Professional profileMr . Gernaey is heading the Process and Systems Engineering Center (PROSYS), which is conducting research in process systems engineering, applying mathematical models and simulations with the aim of improving efficiency of processes at pilot and full scale . Further, PROSYS is working with industrial fermentation technology and bio-catalysis as well as process intensification .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Methodologies for recovery of valuable com-

pounds from waste streams• Modelling, simulation and optimisation of re-

source recovery processes (struvite, energy via anaerobic digestion, etc .)

• Conversion of CH4 (e .g . from biogas) to single cell protein

• Modelling and simulation of electrochemical processes, including conversion of CO2 to valu-able products

• Green chemistry (bio-catalysis)• Fermentation processes

Most recent/relevant projects1) BIOPRO2 Strategic Research Center (2015-2019):

Development of more efficient bio-based pro-duction processes (Innovation Fund Denmark)

2) EFPRO2 (2014-2018): Demonstration of pilot-scale single cell protein production in a novel U-loop fermenter (Innovation Fund Denmark)

3) REWARD (2014-2018): Use of mathematical

models to support water reuse in industry (In-novation Fund Denmark)

Most recent/relevant publications1) Flores-Alsina X ., Solon K ., Kazadi Mbamba C .,

Tait S ., Gernaey K .V ., Jeppsson U ., Batstone D .J . (2016): Modelling phosphorus (P), sulfur (S) and iron (Fe) interactions for dynamic simulation of anaerobic digestion processes . Water Research, 95, pp . 370-382 .

2) Gargalo C .L ., Cheali P ., Posada J .A ., Carvalho A ., Gernaey K .V ., Sin G . (2016): Assessing the envi-ronmental sustainability of early stage design for bioprocesses under uncertainties: An analysis of glycerol bioconversion . Journal of Cleaner Production, 139, pp . 1245-1260 .

3) Petersen L .A .H ., Villadsen J ., Jørgensen S .B ., Gernaey K .V . (2017): Mixing and mass transfer in a pilot scale U-loop bioreactor . Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 114, pp . 344-354 .

Key members of research groupProfessor John M . Woodley: Bio-catalysis / Associate professor Jens Abildskov and Associate professor Jakob K . Huusom: Thermodynamics, separation processes, process control / Associate professor Gurkan Sin: Modelling and simulation, process con-trol / Associate professor Ulrich Krühne: Computa-tional Fluid Dynamics / Senior researcher Dr . Xavier Flores-Alsina: Mathematical modelling of waste-water treatment systems, including phosphorus recovery, anaerobic digestion and electrochemical processes .

KRIST V . GERNAEY


RESEARCHER / DTU

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Professor, PhD and Dr . Scient UNIVERSITY: Technical University of Denmark

UNIT: Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering EMAIL: lenl@kt .dtu .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 24 43 20 40

Professional profile:Ms . Lange has reached Director of Research positions in both industry R&D and academia . She has hereby acquired extensive experience from all parts of the knowledge-value-chain: Research, technology, innovation, patenting, environmental impact as-sessment, product development, knowledge man-agement, business models and commercialization . As Professor and Research Leader of the Protein Discovery Group at DTU, her research focus is on discovery of novel enzymes for improved bio-refinery processes, with specific purpose of unlocking the full potentials of marine and agricultural biomass as well as of agro-industrial side streams and wastes . For optimizing fast track enzyme discovery, a new State-of-the-Art function-targeted enzyme discovery platform (Peptide Pattern recognition) has been developed (Busk & Lange 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) . PPR is a non-alignment based se-quence technology platform, enabling prediction of enzyme function directly from sequence . The patent is placed in the public domain . Aspects of bioethics, the resource ethics, knowledge manage-ment, business models and SSR are included in all studies .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge:• Improved processes for converting biomass

(derived from plants, lifestock animals, fungi and macroalgae; as well as industrial sides streams and waste streams) to higher value products .

• New enzymes for breaking down many new types of biomass; discovery of new and improved

enzymes for using gaseous feedstocks; protein engineering for increased efficiency of enzymatic processes; improved bio-processes for develop-ment and recovery of new added value bio-based products; increased understanding and improved use of mixed cultures for conversion of biomass .

Most recent/relevant projects:1) BioValue, Innovation Fund Denmark2) Macro Cascade, BBI JU3) MAB4, Innovation Fund Denmark

Most recent/relevant publications:1) Busk, P .K . and Lange, L . (2013): Function-based

classification of carbohydrate-active enzymes by recognition of short, conserved peptide motifs . Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 79(11): 3380-91 .

2) Busk, P .K . and Lange, L . (2015): Classification of fungal and bacterial lytic polysaccharide mono-oxygenases (LPMOs) . BMC Genomics . 16:368 .

3) Dotsenko, G . and Lange, L . (2017): Enzyme en-hanced protein recovery from green biomass pulp . Waste Biomass Valor . 8: 1257 .

Key members of research group:Associate Professor Peter Kamp Busk, Post Doc Georges Anasontzis, Post Doc Casper Wilkens, Post Doc Mateusz Lezyk, Post Doc Yuhong Huang, PhD student Bo Pilgaard, PhD student Kristian Barret and PhD student Christian Førgaard Nielsen . In close collaboration with key senior members of the DTU Center for Bioprocess Engineering: Professor Anne Meyer, Associate Professors Hariklia Gavala and Jane Agger .

LENE LANGE


RESEARCHER / DTU

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Professor, section leader UNIVERSITY: Technical University of Denmark

UNIT: Department of Civil Engineering

EMAIL: lo@byg .dtu .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 45 25 22 60

Professional profileMs . Ottosen’s main research interest is development of technologies for upgrading of toxic, particulate waste to resources . The focus is on materials, which do not find any use today, i .e . the residual waste fraction . Such techniques are necessary in the movement towards a circular economy . The techniques developed in Ms . Ottosen’s research group are often based on electrochemical separa-tion, where the scarce elemental resources (as phosphorous) are recovered and the particulate matter detoxified . The research includes the use of this detoxified particulate material in construction materials . The research is mainly experimentally based, and covers research at sizes ranging from nanometers (single particles and interphases) to innovation in pilot scale experiments .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challengeResearch and innovation within upgrading of toxic, particulate residual waste to resources . To increase the materials flow in a circular economy it is neces-sary to develop technologies, which can do this . The particulate waste of such types is huge in volume, and it contains scarce elements . It is important to be able to both recover the scarce elements and utilize the large fraction of particulate materials . The latter further needs the construction industry to get involved (through research as conducted in ZeroWaste Byg) .

Most recent/relevant projects1) Electrochemical extraction of phosphorous from

sewage sludge ash (patent WO2015032903-A1) . Project with support from the Danish Envi-ronmental Protection Agency .

2) Circular Ocean, partner: http://www .circularocean .eu/

3) ZeroWaste Byg, lead: http://www .zerowaste .byg .dtu .dk/

Most recent/relevant publications1) Ottosen, L . M .; Jensen, P .E .; Kirkelund, G .M (2016):

Phosphorous recovery from sewage sludge ash suspended in water in a two-compartment electrodialytic cell . Waste Management 51, pp . 142-148 .

2) Belmonte, L .J .; Ottosen, L .M .; Kirkelund, G .M .; Jensen, P .E .; Vestbø, A .P . (2016): Screening of heavy metal containing waste types for use as raw material in Arctic clay-based bricks Environmental Science and Pollution Research . Environmental Science and Pollution Research . Published online 10th of November 2016 .

3) Parés Viader, R .; Jensen, P .E . Ottosen, L .M .; Thomsen, T .P .; Ahrenfeldt, J .; Hauggaard-Nielsen, H . (2017): Comparison of phosphorus recovery from incineration and gasification sewage sludge ash . Water Science and Technology, 75(5), pp . 1251-1260 .

Key members of research groupZeroWaste Byg: Associate prof . Pernille E . Jensen, Associate prof . Gunvor M . Kirkelund; Prof . Per Golterman, Associate prof . Jacob W . Schmidt, PhD students Annemette Kappel, Whan Chen, Ida Ber-telsen and Nina Sigvardsen .

LISBETH M . OTTOSEN


RESEARCHER / DTU

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Senior Researcher UNIVERSITY: Technical University of Denmark

UNIT: DTU Management EMAIL: mmua@dtu .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 45 25 45 32

Professional profileMs . Munch Andersen is innovation researcher exploring the link between technological change and economic development, especially related to the green and circular economy . She has been a pioneer in business oriented eco-innovation and circular innovation research . In 1999, she wrote one of the first PhDs in this field globally . She has contributed importantly to the development of the eco-innovation concept as a topic of analysis and as a policy issue . Her research includes theoreti-cal and empirical research at the firm, value chain, industry and national and regional innovation sys-tem levels .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Research into the industrial dynamics of the

circular economy . E .g . research on how different types of firms and industries may be affected by/will affect the rise of a circular economy .

• Research into the business case, corporate strategies, management and business model aspects of circular economy .

• Research into the evolution of circular techno-logical trajectories .

• Research into indicators of the circular economy (longitudinal as well as international) .

• Research into policy and standardization trends and policy barriers and drivers related to the circular economy research into new types of circular economic organization and localization (industrial symbiosis, symbiosis cities) .

Most recent/relevant projects1) Rest to Resource, EU Regional fund project on

symbiosis and circular business model develop-ment, with Danish Symbiosis Centre in Kalund-borg and 6 Danish municipalities and 100 Danish SMEs, 2015-2018 .

2) Retail Strategies for Sustainable Food in Denmark and Brazil, Brazilian PhD project, includes anal-ysis of supermarkets’ circular strategies, 2015-2017 .

3) Contrasting the European and Chinese In-novation System on Water, SDC PhD project, includes analysis of circular technological trajec-tories in water innovation, 2014-2018 .

Most recent/relevant publications1) Andersen, M .M . (1999): On the Economic Or-

ganization of the Greening of Industry, Copen-hagen Business School: Copenhagen) .

2) Faria, L .G .D ., Andersen, M .M . (206): Sectoral pat-terns versus firm-level heterogeneity - The dy-namics of eco-innovation strategies in the au-tomotive sector, Technol . Forecast . Soc . Change, http://dx .doi .org/10 .1016/j .techfore .2016 .11 .018 .

3) Andersen M . M . (forthcoming 2017): The Sus-tainable Development Goals – Pathways to Eco-innovation and a Circular and Green Economy?

Key members of research groupResearch group on Green and Circular economy within Technology and Innovation Management: Assistant professor Anne Tanner, Assistant profes-sor Francesco Rosati, Post doc Lourenco Faria and currently 3 PhDs and one research assistant .

MAJ MUNCH ANDERSEN


RESEARCHER / DTU

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Group Leader, Senior Researcher and PhD in Geography

UNIVERSITY: Technical University of Denmark

UNIT: Management EngineeringEMAIL: sibo@dtu .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 21 32 79 25

Professional profileIn relation to the circular economy, Mr . Bolwig’s research focuses on the circular bioeconomy, in-cluding analyses of firm strategies, innovation, value chains, transition pathways and sustainability relating to biofuels production and the use of organic re-sides from industry . He has worked on these topics both in industrialised and developing regions, with a focus on global value-chain analysis, industry strategies, and sustainability standards and certifi-cations . Mr . Bolwig is leading or co-leading several funding projects on the bioeconomy, and he was Lead Author on the latest IPCC Report Mitigation of Climate Change (2014) . Further, he participates in a DTU Sector Development Project on the Bio-economy .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Application of global value-chain and techno-

logical innovation system theories to empirical studies of the circular (bio)economy .

• Analysis of the circular economy in relation to climate mitigation, food security, poverty allevia-tion and other sustainable development goals .

• Co-creation of knowledge with stakeholders .

Most recent/relevant projects1) Sustainable path creation for innovative value

chains for organic waste products (SusValue-Waste)

2) Green Cohesive Agricultural Resource Manage-ment (WEBSOC)

3) Biofuel production from lignocellulosic materials in Ghana (2GBIONRG)

4) Technology Opportunities in Nordic Energy Sys-tem Transitions (TOPNEST)

Most recent/relevant publications1) Gregg, J .S .; Bolwig, S .; Hansen, T .; Solér, O .; Ben

Amer-Allam, S .; Pladevall Viladecans, J .; Klitkou, A .; Fevolden, A . (2017): Value Chain Structures that Define European Cellulosic Ethanol Produc-tion . Sustainability, vol 9, no . 118 .

2) Robledo-Abad, C, Althaus, HJ, Berndes, G, Bol-wig, et al . (2016): Bioenergy production and sustainable development: science base for policy-making remains limited . Global Change Biology . Bioenergy . vol 9, no . 3, pp . 541-556 .

3) Kamp, A, Østergård, H & Bolwig, S . (2016): Envi-ronmental Assessment of Integrated Food and Cooking Fuel Production for a Village in Ghana . Sustainability, vol 8, no . 5, p . 404 .

Key members of research groupRikke Brinkø, Martin Drews, Jay S . Gregg, Kirsten Halsnæs, Morten A .D . Larsen, Per S . Nielsen and Anne Tanner (TIM Division) .

SIMON BOLWIG


RESEARCHER / DTU

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Associate Professor UNIVERSITY: Technical University of Denmark

UNIT: Department of Management Engineering

EMAIL: siol@dtu .dkPHONE NUMBER: +45 45 25 46 68

Professional profileMr . Olsen has more than 25 years of experience in research, education and consultancy in environmental assessment of products and systems towards au-thorities and industry . He is an expert in Life Cycle Assessment with focus on applying it for decision support . As WP leader in a number of EU projects, he has experience in evaluating the environmental and social aspects of recycling of polymers and C&D waste, and he has established a European network in recycling technologies, waste characterisation etc . Further, he has worked with environmental as-sessment of emerging technologies such as nano-technologies, 2nd and 3rd generation of biofuels . Mr . Olsen is currently supervising a Carlsberg foun-dation postdoc on circular economy with focus on beverage packaging .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Using Life Cycle Assessment to perform holistic

(comparative) environmental assessment of al-ternative models for pursuing circular economy .

• Development of environmental performance in-dicators, and coupling to planetary boundaries (absolute sustainability) .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . 2015-2018: Principal investigator and task leader .

Sustainable bottom line (”Bæredygtig bundlinie”) . EU-regional funds .

2 . 2010-2014: WP-leader and PI, C2CA (Advanced technologies for the production of cement and

clean aggregates from construction and demo-lition waste) . EU-FP7 .

3 . 2009-2013: WP-leader, W2Plastic, Magnetic Sorting and Ultrasound Sensor Technologies for Production of High Purity Secondary Polyolefins from Waste . EU FP7 .

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Stewart, R ., Niero M . and Murdock K, Olsen SI

(2017): Exploring the business implementation of a circular economy strategy: the case of a closed-loop supply of aluminium beverage cans . Submitted to Resources, conservation & Recycling .

2 . Niero, M and Olsen SI (2016): Circular economy: To be or not to be in a closed product loop? A Life Cycle Assessment of aluminium cans with inclusion of alloying elements . Resources, Con-servation and Recycling 114, 18-31 .

3 . Bonou, A . and Skelton K, Olsen SI (2016): Eco-design framework for developing wind turbines . Journal of Cleaner Production 126, 643-653 . DOI: 10 .1016/j .jclepro .2016 .02 .093 .

Key members of research groupMr . Olsen is the deputy head of division for quan-titative sustainability assessment at DTU Manage-ment Engineering, where focus is on the use of Life Cycle Assessment for evaluating the sustainability of products and systems . Circular economy has been investigated in e .g . biomaterials, polymers, C&D and agricultural waste, and beverage packaging .

STIG IRVING OLSEN


RESEARCHER / DTU

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Professor UNIVERSITY: Technical University of Denmark

UNIT: Department of Environmental Engineering

EMAIL: thas@env .dtu .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 45 25 15 58

Professional profileMr . Astrup has 20 years of research experience within sustainable management of waste and residual resources, specifically with focus on: 1) Re-covery of energy from waste materials, 2) Recovery of materials in a circular economy perspective, and 3) Critical contaminants in recyclable materials . His research activities involve: 1) Physico-chemical char-acterization of waste materials and secondary re-sources, 2) Quantification of emissions from waste processes and technologies, 3) Advanced resource, energy and chemical flow analysis, and 4) Sustain-ability assessment of circular economy solutions, waste technologies/system and (bio)energy tech-nologies/systems . He is the leader of 35+ research projects supported by industry and/or research programmes . Further, he is supervisor of 20+ PhD students . Mr . Astrup has extensive experiences in collaborating with external partners such as con-sulting companies, industry, public and private utility companies and public authorities .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Development of sustainable and safe material

cycles• Systematic evaluation of recovery technologies

and secondary resources• Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of

circular economy solutions for identification of optimal system configurations, quantification of societal benefit

Most recent/relevant projects1) IRMAR – Integrated Resource Management and

Recovery: Resource quality, resource flow as-sessment, sustainability assessment of recycling and resource recovery solutions .

2) EASETECH – Environmental Assessment of Envi-ronmental Technologies: Dedicated life cycle as-sessment model for resource technologies and systems .

3) Circular Economy: Several projects related to integrated sustainability assessment of resource recovery, waste recycling, material cycles, and chemicals in recyclable materials .

Three most recent/relevant publications1) Martinez Sanchez, Levis, Damgaard, DeCarolis,

Barlaz, Astrup (2017): Evaluation of Externality Costs in Life-Cycle Optimization of Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems . Environmen-tal Science and Technology, 51(6), pp . 3119–3127 .

2) Pivnenko, Laner, Astrup (2016): Material Cycles and Chemicals: Dynamic Material Flow Analysis of Contaminants in Paper Recycling . Environ-mental Science and Technology, 50(22), pp . 12302–12311 .

3) Götze, Pivnenko, Boldrin, Scheutz, Astrup, (2016): Physico-chemical characterisation of material fractions in residual and source-segregated household waste in Denmark . Waste Manage-ment, 54, pp . 13-26 .

Key members of research groupMr . Astrup is head of section for 45 researchers with competencies within residual resources, in-cluding waste management, bioenergy, (micro) biological processes, circular economy and quanti-tative sustainability assessment .

THOMAS FRUERGAARD ASTRUP


RESEARCHER / UCPH

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Postdoc

UNIVERSITY: University of Copenhagen

UNIT: Faculty of Science

EMAIL: eet@ign .ku .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 35 33 44 33

Professional profileMr . Thybring’s goal is to reveal the mechanisms behind observed physical performance of wood and biomaterials, e .g . mechanical behaviour or material response to degradation . Central to the performance is interactions with water in the ma-terial structure (i .e . cell walls) .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challengeClimate change presents an increasing threat to societies worldwide and requires immediate action to prevent or limit the negative impact on human lives . Our societies are therefore forced to adopt a sustainable use of resources and limit the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere . A key component for the transition into a sustainable so-ciety is an increased use of renewable resources of which wood are our most abundant and economi-cally important . Wood sequesters carbon during the life-time of its application in e .g . buildings, but it can also be used as a renewable, carbon-neutral source of energy . However, the interaction of wood with moisture can cause a host of undesirable consequences that limit the usefulness of wood as a building material, e .g . fungal decay and metal fastener corrosion .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Villum Fonden postdoc: “The role of water in

plant cell wall decomposition: From bio-refining to wood protection”, 2 years: 2015-2017 .

2 . MainCoat: “New innovative coating system for maintenance and renovation of exterior wood”, 3 years: 2017-2019 .

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Tarmian A, Burgert I, Thybring EE (2017): Hydroxyl

accessibility in wood by deuterium exchange and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy: methodological un-certainties, Wood Science and Technology . DOI: 10 .1007/s00226-017-0922-9 .

2 . Thybring EE, Thygesen LG, Burgert I (2017): Hy-droxyl accessibility in wood cell walls as affected by drying and re-wetting procedures, Cellulose, 24:2375-2384 (featured on cover page of the issue) .

3 . Thybring EE (2017): Water relations in untreated and modified wood under brown-rot and white-rot decay, International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 118:134-142 .

Key members of research groupHimself .

EMIL ENGELUND THYBRING


RESEARCHER / UCPH

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Professor UNIVERSITY: University of Copenhagen


EMAIL: khj@ign .ku .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 35 32 24 84

Professional profileMr . Jensen makes analyses of hydrological processes and water circulation at various spatial and tempo-ral scales based on a combination of laboratory-field experimentation and hydrological modelling . The resources include four tenured faculty members and laboratory and field infrastructures . The most important infrastructure is the hydrological obser-vatory HOBE . HOBE is part on an international net-work, which includes observatories in USA, Europe and China .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Research experience in circulation, use and pro-

tection of water resources .• Development and application of integrated hy-

drological models for groundwater and surface water for sustainable management of water resources .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Center for Catchment Hydrology HOBE – the

Danish Hydrological Observatory: http://www .hobecenter .dk/

2 . Hydrological Forecasting and Data Assimilation HYDROCAST: http://hydrocast .dhigroup .com/

3 . ENIGMA ITN: https://enigma-itn .eu/

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Andreasen, M ., Jensen, K .H ., Zreda, M, Desilets,

D ., Bogena, H ., Looms, M .C . (2016): Modeling cosmic-ray neutron field measurements, Water Resources Research, 52, pp . 6451-6471 . DOI: 10 .1002/2015WR018236 .

2 . Sebok, E ., Refsgaard, J .C, Warmink, J .J ., Stisen, S ., Jensen, K .H . (2016): Using expert elicitation to quantify the water balance and its uncertain-ties for two nested catchments, Water Resourc-es Research, 52, pp . 184-198, 5111-5131 . DOI: 10 .1002/2015WR018461 .

3 . Jessen, S ., Postma, D ., Thorling, L .,Muller, S .,Leskela, J .,Engesgaard, P . (2017): Decadal variations in groundwater quality: A legacy from nitrate leaching and denitrification by pyrite in a sandy aquifer, Water Resources Research, 53, pp . 5111-5131 . DOI: 10 .1002/2016WR018995 .

Key members of research groupProfessor Peter Engesgaard, associate professor Majken Looms Zibar and associate professor Søren Jessen .

KARSTEN HØGH JENSEN


RESEARCHER / UCPH

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Associate Professor UNIVERSITY: University of Copenhagen


EMAIL: kms@food .ku .dkPHONE NUMBER: +45 21 69 59 08

Professional profileMr . Sørensen is active in the research areas of: Ap-plication of spectroscopy and chemometrics for measurement of food quality; On-line monitoring and monitoring systems; Metabolomics; Foodom-ics; Application and GC/MS for high-throughput analysis; GC-MS automation and robotization . He has experience from more than 12 years in industry as R&D manager in a high-tech company prior to his academic career . Mr . Sørensen has a high proficiency in software development and project management . A full profile of Mr . Sørensen is available online .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Several scientific competence areas relevant for

reuse and monitoring of value streams .• Management of high-tech R&D projects, with

emphasis on management of public-private collaborations .

Most recent/relevant projects1) REWARD (Reuse of industrial process water)2) Resource optimization of side-streams and by-

products and minimization of allergens in food ingredients

3) ENCMP (Eliminating the need for castration of male piglets)

Most recent/relevant publications1) F . van den Berg, C .B . Lyndgaard, K .M . Sørensen

and S .B . Engelsen (2013): “Process Analytical Technology in the Food Industry”, Trends in Food Science & Technology 31, 27 .

2) K .M . Sørensen, B . Khakimov and S .B . Engelsen (2016): “The Use of Rapid Spectroscopic Screening Methods to Detect Adulteration of Food Raw Materials and Ingredients”, Current Opinion in Food Science 10, 45 .

3) K .M . Sørensen, C . Westley, R . Goodacre and S .B . Engelsen (2015): “Simultaneous Quantification of the Boar-Taint Compounds Skatole and Andros-tenone by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (Sers) and Multivariate Data Analysis”, Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 407, 7787 .

Key members of research groupProfessor Søren Balling Engelsen, professor Rasmus Bro and associate professor Frans W . J . Berg .

KLAVS MARTIN SØRENSEN


RESEARCHER / UCPH



EMAIL: lsj@plen .ku .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 21 22 20 39

Mr . Jensen leads a Soil Fertility and Waste Resource Recycling research group of approximately 20 re-searchers, who focus on the turnover, availability and losses of plant nutrients from soil and organic waste amendments in temperate and tropical agro-ecosystems . Current research topics include: 1) Recycling and nutrient use efficiency of organic waste and bio-based fertilisers from agriculture and urban centres in a circular economy, 2) Changes in land use and soil quality, carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions and 3) Environmental impacts of agricultural use of recycled fertilisers . The research group maintains two long-term field experimental sites of high relevance for answering key circular economy questions, namely the CRUCIAL Urban Fertilizer Field and the Long-term Nutrient Depletion Trial . The group has an extensive inter-national network within research and industry from numerous R&D projects .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge:• New technologies for substitution of synthetic

with waste-derived nutrients in high-quality, bio-based fertilisers, with higher crop productivity and reduced environmental impact .

• A new international effort to address the ‘Nutri-ent Nexus’, improving nutrient use efficiency across all sectors, providing the foundation for a greener economy .

Most recent/relevant projects:1 . ReUseWaste: Recovery and Use of Nutrients,

Energy and Organic Matter in Animal Waste (www .reusewaste .eu) . EU-FP7, MC-ITN, 2012-2016 .

2 . IRMAR: Integrated Resource Management & Re-covery (www .irmar .dk), 2012-2017 .

3 . BioChain: Optimisation of value chains for bi-ogas production in Denmark (www .biochain .dk), 2013-2017 .

Most recent/relevant publications:1 . Peltre C, Gregorich E, Bruun S, Jensen LS, Magid

J (2016): Repeated application of organic waste amendments affects soil organic carbon com-position: evidences from thermal analysis, FTIR-PAS, amino sugars and lignin biomarkers . Soil Biol Biochem 104, 117-127 .

2 . Bruun S ., Harmer-Bassell S ., Bekiaris G ., Christel W ., Zuin L ., Hu Y ., Jensen LS . & Lombi E . (2017): The effect of different pyrolysis temperatures on the speciation and availability in soil of P in biochar produced from the solid fraction of ma-nure . Chemosph 169, 377–386 .

3 . López-Rayo S, Laursen KH, Lekfeldt JDS, Grazie FD, Magid J (2016): Long-term amendment of urban and animal wastes equivalent to more than 100 years of application had minimal effect on plant uptake of potentially toxic ele-ments . Agricult Ecosyst Environ 231, 44–53 .

Key members of research group:• Jakob Magid, associate professor – urban-rural

interactions, waste resource recycling systems• Sander Bruun, associate professor – soil organic

matter, carbon sequestration, spectroscopy, LCA• Beatriz Gomez Muñoz, assistant professor – or-

ganic waste N and P cycling, novel bio-fertilizers• Dorette Sophie Müller-Stöver, assistant professor

– biochar/ash-based fertilisers, soil impacts .

LARS STOUMANN JENSEN


RESEARCHER / UCPH

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Senior Researcher UNIVERSITY: University of Copenhagen


EMAIL: lgt@ign .ku .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 35 33 17 33

Professional profileMs . Thygesen has worked within biomass science for more than 20 years . Her research interests lie within plant biomass characterisation with the scope of linking physical and chemical characteris-tics to function and performance both within plant biomass utilisation via processes such as enzymatic saccharification and within traditional wood science, e .g . wood-water interactions and wood modification aiming at preventing degradation .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challengeResearch that facilitates better utilization of plant biomass, both within bio-refining (i .e . use of ligno-cellulose for fuels and chemicals) and within the use of wood and wood products for construction purposes .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Extreme resolution Raman-AFM bioimaging of

wood under decay – learning wood preservation from trees, 2016-2019, financed by VILLUM-FONDEN, main applicant and project leader .

2 . Alcohol based process for wood furfurylation, 2017-2020, financed by RFF Oslofjordfondet, partner .

3 . Wood-polymer composites for use in marine environments, 2012-2015, financed by the Nor-wegian Research Council, partner .

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Weiss N, Thygesen LG, Roslander C, Gourlay K,

Felby C . (2017): Biomass-Water Interactions Correlate to Recalcitrance and Are Intensified by Pretreatment: An Investigation of Water Constraint and Retention in Pretreated Spruce Using Low Field NMR and Water Retention Value Techniques . Biotechnology Progress, vol . 33(1), pp . 146-153 . DOI: 10 .1002/btpr .2398 .

2 . Thygesen LG, Thybring EE, Johansen KS, Felby C . (2014): The mechanisms of plant cell wall deconstruction during enzymatic hydrolysis . PLOS One, vol . 9(9):e108313 . DOI:10 .1371/jour-nal .pone .0108313 .

3 . Engelund ET, Thygesen LG, Svensson S, Hill CAS . (2013): A critical discussion of the physics of wood-water interactions . Wood Science and Technology, 47:141-161 . DOI: 10 .1007/s00226-012-0514-7 .

Key members of research groupEmil Thybring (postdoc) and Sara Solsona (postdoc) .

LISBETH G . THYGESEN


RESEARCHER / UCPH

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Associate Professor, PhD

UNIVERSITY: University of Copenhagen UNIT: Faculty of Science

EMAIL: nb@ign .ku .dkPHONE NUMBER: +45 20 20 63 18

Professional profileMr . Bentsen’s main research interests are estimating and projecting biomass resources and the climate impacts of biomass use for energy . He is also in-terested in sustainability in a broader sense . Mr . Bentsen is a member of IEA Bioenergy Task 43 on mobilising sustainable biomass for biomass markets . Further, he is head of a research group on forest resource assessment and bioenergy .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Potential contribution to supply chain sustain-

ability assessment• Carbon dynamics and climate impact of forest-

wood product-bioenergy supply chains and biomass resource quantification and projection

Three most recent/relevant projects1 . Drivers and effectiveness of sustainability gov-

ernance of agricultural production in the EU bio-economy . Ongoing project funded by IEA Bioenergy on governance mechanisms and ap-plications to ensure environmental sustainability of (non-food) biomass production .

2 . BIORESOURCE . Project funded by Innovation Fund Denmark on sustainable intensification of biomass production in Denmark .

3 . ENERWOODS . Project funded by Nordic Energy Research on the potentials for the Nordic/Baltic forests to contribute to decarbonisation in the region .

Three most recent/relevant publications1 . Bentsen NS (2017): Carbon debt and payback

time – Lost in the forest? . Renewable and Sus-tainable Energy Reviews, 73, pp . 1211-1217 .

2 . Bentsen NS, Møller IM (2017): Solar energy con-served in biomass: Sustainable bioenergy use and reduction of land use change . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews .

3 . Dale VH, Kline KL, Parish ES, Cowie AL, Emory R, Malmsheimer RW & Berndes G (2017): Status and prospects for renewable energy using wood pellets from the southeastern United States . GCB Bioenergy .

Key members of research groupThomas Nord-Larsen, Inge Stupak, Søren Larsen, Anders T . Nielsen, Kjell Suadicani and Ingeborg Callesen .

NICLAS SCOTT BENTSEN


RESEARCHER / UCPH



EMAIL: nf@ign .ku .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 35 32 25 61

Professional profile (research interests, resources, experience, network)Mr . Fold is conducting research in value chains and in the relationship between economic-geographic globalization processes and local responses, primarily examined through the analytical lens of global val-ue chains (GVCs) . He is dealing with agro-industrial value chains to understand the link between the Global South and the Global North as well as eco-nomic linkages between agriculture and industry . Mr . Fold is also interested in broader patterns of regional development in the Global South such as the dynamics in rural hinterlands of rapidly growing metropolitan areas as well as in mineral-based GVCs, particularly focusing on small-scale mining in Africa but increasingly also large-scale mining and value chain segments in Europe .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challengeValue chain analysis from agricultural production and mining to consumption and reuse .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Council for Development Research, ‘Transiting

to green growth (Nepal) (TGG-N)’; 2014-2018 2 . Council for Development Research, ‘Enhancing

Productivity, Market Access and Incomes for Small Farming Businesses: Potentials and Limitations in Contract Farming (POLICOFA 2)’; 2014-2018

3 . EU-FP7, ‘African Rural-City Connections (RURBAN)’ – Work Package 1: Agricultural transformations; 2012-2016

4 . Geocenter Denmark, ‘The mineral resources of the Greenlandic alkaline intrusions and their potential impact on the European high-tech in-dustry’; 2012-2015

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Hansen, U .E ., Fold, N . and Hansen, T . (2016):

Upgrading to lead firm position via international acquisition: learning from the global biomass power plant industry . Journal of Economic Ge-ography, 16(1), 131-153 .Fold, Niels; Neilson, Jeff . (2016): The Economics of Chocolate . Red .

2 . Rosholm, L .S ., Kalvig, P . and Fold, N . (2016) Råstofforsyning: Fra sand og sten til betonbyggeri . Videncenter for Mineralske Råstoffer og Materialer (MiMa), Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, 112 p . (MiMa rapport ; No . 2, Vol . 2016) .

3 . Kalvig, P ., Clausen, R . and Fold, N . (2015): Min-eralske råstoffers betydning for dansk industri: Anvendelse, forsyningsrisiko og økonomisk betydning . Videncenter for Mineralske Råstoffer og Materialer (MiMa), Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, 168 s . (MiMa rapport ; Nr . 3, Vol . 2015) .

4 . Fold, N . (2014): Value chain dynamics, settlement trajectories and regional development . Regional Studies, 48(5), 778-790 .

Key members of sectionProfessor Bo Elberling .

NIELS FOLD


RESEARCHER / UCPH

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Professor UNIVERSITY: University of Copenhagen UNIT: Faculty of Science

EMAIL: sjs@bio .ku .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 51 82 70 07

Professional profileMr . Sørensen’s research focuses on social interactions in natural microbial communities, biofilm formation and horizontal gene transfer . Specifically, he has a deep desire to understand the evolutionary mech-anisms behind synergistic interspecies interactions and dependencies and the emergent properties of complex microbial populations .In 2012, Mr . Sørensen was acknowledged for his ex-pertise within horizontal gene transfer and biofilm biology . He documented the interconnectedness between horizontal gene transfer, mobile genetic elements and social evolution of bacteria . The study has been cited 121 times in 4 years . By pio-neering application of high throughput sequencing within microbial ecology, his group was the first to develop metagenomic sequencing approaches tailored to target the plasmid pools in natural envi-ronments coining the phrase Metamobilomics .

Recently, Mr . Sørensen’s research has focused on social interaction in multispecies consortia, and in 2014 he was invited to review this emerging re-search field . Here the significance of microbial in-teractions in a broader perspective outlined a new methodology to identify co-dependencies within microbiome populations .

Mr . Sørensen revealed that random consortia of bacteria show synergistic interactions leading to beneficial collaborative effects in biofilm formation . This prompted him to ask if such cooperation is commonplace in multispecies consortia . Therefore, he designed a huge experiment taking samples from both marine, limnic and terrestrial environ-

ments and screened thousands of co-cultures . The results were stunning, since synergistic interactions in biofilm formation were prevailing in all natural environments .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challengeApplying basic principles of functional microbial interaction to exploitation of consortia function in bio processes .

Recent relevant projects1 . Keratin2protein (Microbial consortia waste val-

orization)2 . Smicom (Fundementals of synergistic function

in microbial consortia)3 . Multifocus, visualizing synergistic interactions at

multiscales

Recent/relevant publications1 . Madsen et al . (2012): The interconnection be-

tween biofilm formation and horizontal gene transfer . FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiol-ogy, 65, pp . 183-195 .

2 . Burmølle M, et al . (2014): Interactions in multispecies biofilms: do they actually matter? Trends in microbiology; 22(2), pp . 84-91 .

3 . Madsen JS, et al . (2016): Co-existence facilitates interspecific biofilm formation in complex micro-bial communities . Environ Microbiol . Sep, 18(8), pp . 2565-74 .

Key members of research groupJonas Stenløkke Madsen and Mette Burmølle .

SØREN SØRENSEN


RESEARCHER / UCPH

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Post DocUNIVERSITY: University of Copenhagen

UNIT: Faculty of ScienceEMAIL: stt@ign .ku .dkPHONE NUMBER: +45 35 33 62 62

Professional profileMr . Thomsen’s research interest circles around ap-plied bio-refinery research, i .e . lignocellulosic bio-masses and densification, pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, and fermentation hereof, as well as novel methods and assays enabling more efficient industrial conversion . In spite of the apparent ap-plied research field, breakthroughs still relies on understanding on a basic/molecular level . The most obvious resource is the well-equipped bio-mass-laboratory in Denmark including his favourite workhorses, an ASE 350 (accelerated solvent ex-tractor), HPLC’s and a high-throughput platform . Mr . Thomsen has 10 years of experience within bioenergy research, and he has a widespread sci-entific and industrial professional network .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Bioenergy and clever waste management• Inclusion of biomasses that contain unexploited

carbohydrates into bio-refineries• Long-term sustainability

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Demonstration of 2G ethanol production in full

scale, MEC .2 . Densification and hydrothermal pre-treatment

of wheat straw for subsequent enzymatic hy-drolysis .

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Combination of ensiling and fungal delignification

as effective wheat straw pretreatment (2016): ST Thomsen, JEG Londoño, M Ambye-Jensen, S Heiske, Z Kádár, AS Meyer, Biotechnology for biofuels 9 (1), 16 .

2 . Comparison of different pretreatment strategies for ethanol production of West African biomass (2015): ST Thomsen, JEG Londoño, JE Schmidt, Z Kádár, Applied biochemistry and biotechnology 175 (5), 2589-2601 .

3 . Anaerobic co-digestion of perennials: Methane potential and digestate nitrogen fertilizer value (2016): DS Müller-Stöver, G Sun, P Kroff, ST Thomsen, H Hauggaard-Nielsen, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 179 (6), 696-704 .

Key members of research groupChunxiao Gong and Heng Zhang .

SUNE TJALFE THOMSEN


RESEARCHER / UCPH

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Dept . head of Research, associate professorUNIVERSITY: University of CopenhagenUNIT: Faculty of ScienceEMAIL: sus@food .ku .dk PHONE NUMBER: +45 35 33 24 40

Professional profileMs . Sørensen is conducting research in industrially scalable bioprocessing in the agro-food chain with main focus on plant based raw materials . She has participated in research projects, including EU pro-jects, with companies, particularly involving SMEs, on development of sustainable bioprocessing methods for potato-, leguminous and rapeseed processing aiming at producing value added prod-ucts by exploitation of process side streams . Her scientific focus is on high quality and nutritionally beneficial products for food and feed purposes, including a focus on food security e .g . related to protein availability and CO2 footprint . Methods are based on analytical biochemistry of raw materials and natural product chemistry knowledge base .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Sustainable use of raw materials in the agro-food

chain• Value added products from side streams• Food security based on full exploitation of raw

materials• Minimal processing of food raw materials for

preservation of natural functionality and reduc-tion of CO₂ footprint

Three most recent/relevant projects1 . Development of high quality food protein from

multi-purpose crops through optimized, sus-tainable production and processing methods (PROTEIN2FOOD; H2020-SFS-2014-2) .

2 . Food Business from Nordic Plant protein “FUN-PRO” P-14046; 2016-2018 (NORDEN – Nordic Innovation) .

3 . High quality ingredients for the food industry, HITFOOD, (Innovation Fund Denmark, 058-2012-1) .

Three most recent/relevant publications1 . Sørensen, J . C ., Frandsen, H .B ., Jensen, S .K ., Kris-

tensen, N .B ., Sørensen, S ., Sørensen, H . (2016): Bioavailability and in vivo metabolism of intact glucosinolates . J . Functional Foods, Vol . 24, pp . 450-460 .

2 . Wang, J ., Barba Orellana, F .J ., Frandsen, H .B ., Sørensen, S ., Olsen, K ., Sørensen, J .C ., Orlien, V . (2016): The impact of high pressure on glucosi-nolate profile and myrosinase activity in seed-lings from Brussels sprouts . Innovative Food Sci . Emerging Techn . Vol . 38, Nr . B, pp . 342-348 .

3 . Rehder, A ., Sulewska A .M ., Markedal, K .E ., Sø-rensen, S ., Sørensen, J .C . Solubility of a crucifer-in-rich protein product purified from rapeseed pressed cake (Brassica napus L .) by an aque-ous processing method . Int . J . Food Sci . Techn ., (2017) in press .

Key members of research groupAssociate professor Jens Christian Sørensen and associate professor Keld Ejdrup Markedal .

SUSANNE SØRENSEN


RESEARCHER / UCPH

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Senior scientist UNIVERSITY: University of Copenhagen


EMAIL: tnl@ign .ku .dkPHONE NUMBER: +45 35 33 17 58

Professional profileMr . Nord-Larsen is engaged in inventory and several projects related to forest growth and forest growth modelling . He is specialized in forest mensuration and statistical methods in forest resource sampling and modelling . He is a member of several interna-tional networks and projects, including Centre of Advanced Research for the innovative use of 3D re-mote sensing in mapping of forest and landscape attributes based on national forest inventories (CARISMA), Distributed, Integrated And Harmo-nised Forest Information For Bioeconomy Outlooks (DIABOLO), and Joint SNS-EFINORD network Large scale 3D LiDAR data for wall-to-wall assessment of forest structures and resources .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Assessment and projection of forest resources• Unlocking of the forest biomass potential of

cascading resource use in a bio-based economy

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Danish Forest Statistics (project financed by the

Danish Environmental Protection Agency)2 . DIABOLO project (Horizon 2020)3 . Effective mapping of forest resources based on

nationwide laser scanning data and forest sta-tistics (project financed by the Danish Environ-mental Protection Agency)

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Forest resource map of Denmark: Mapping of

Danish forest resource using ALS from 2014-2015 . Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Riis-Nielsen, Torben and Ottosen, Mathias Bo . Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Manage-ment, University of Copenhagen, 2017 . 25 p . (IGN Report) .

2 . Forests and plantations 2015: Forest statistics 2015 . Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Johannsen, Vivian Kvist, Riis-Nielsen, Torben, Thomsen, Iben Margrete, Suadicani, Kjell, Vesterdal, Lars, Gun-dersen, Per, Jørgensen and Bilde, Bruno . De-partment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, 2016 . 85 p .

3 . Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Meilby, Henrik and Skovs-gaard, Jens Peter . Simultaneous estimation of biomass models for 13 tree species: effects of compatible additivity requirements, Canadian Journal of Forest Research . In press .

Key members of research groupVivian Kvist Johannsen, Torben Riis-Nielsen, Niclas Scott Bentsen, Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen and Inge Stupak Møller .

THOMAS NORD-LARSEN


RESEARCHER / UCPH

PROFILE OF RESEARCHER TITLE: Associate Professor UNIVERSITY: University of Copenhagen


EMAIL: toncib@ign .ku .dk

PHONE NUMBER: +45 26 84 46 31

Professional profileMr . Balic-Zunic is conducting research in the ap-plication of structural properties of minerals and other inorganic solids at atomic scale to various problems in Geosciences and related disciplines . He is the leader of the X-ray Diffraction Laboratory, and he has an international network with research-ers from over 20 universities and research institu-tions from over 10 countries .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challenge• Reuse of industrial waste from mining, production

and disposal of the used materials in reducing the impact on the environment and recreating it by removing pollution .

• Accurate characterisation of inorganic materials and their fate in other circular economy appli-cations .

• Well-equipped in-house laboratories and ex-pertise in using the large-scale facilities (Syn-chrotrons and Neutron Scattering) for specific purposes of investigation .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . Analysis of pollution from the Libiola (closed)

mine (NW Italy) and the capture of strategic rare elements in sediments with a possibility for their remediation .

2 . Application of powder X-ray diffraction and the Rietveld method to the analysis of oxidation processes and products in sulphidic mine tailings .

3 . State of the art mineralogical analyses in inves-tigation of gold mineralization processes and ore prospecting .

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Balić-Žunić, T ., Birkedal, R ., Katerinopou-

lou, A ., Comodi, P . (2016): Dehydration of blödite, Na2Mg(SO4)2(H2O)4, and leonite, K2Mg(SO4)2(H2O)4 . European Journal of Min-eralogy, 28, pp . 33-42 .

2 . Zucchini, A ., Comodi, P ., Katerinopoulou, A ., Balić-Žunić, T ., McCammon, C ., Frondini, F . (2012): Order–disorder–reorder process in ther-mally treated dolomite samples: a combined powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction study . Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 39,pp . 319–328 .

3 . Balić-Žunić T ., Katerinopoulou A ., Edsberg A . (2011): Application of powder X-ray diffraction and the Rietveld method to the analysis of oxidation processes and products in sulphidic mine tailings . Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen, 188/1, pp . 31-47 .

Key members of research groupKristoffer Szilas, Assistant Professor, expert in Geo-chemistry and Mineral Resources .

TONCI BALIC-ZUNIC


RESEARCHER / UCPH



EMAIL: wb@food .ku .dkPHONE NUMBER: +45 25 39 59 78

Professional profileMr . Bredie has more than 25 years of experience in research, education, supervision as well as advising industry, municipalities and NGO’s in the field of sensory, flavour and consumer science in Denmark and aboard . He has worked with major food and non-food companies, research networks, research organisations and public institutions world-wide . He is considered an expert in food perception, flavour analysis and consumer product evaluations . His current research focuses on the sensory quality aspects (taste, smell, texture and appearance) of foods influencing preferences, appetite and eating behaviour (children, senior citizens and patients) . The ultimate goal of this research is to utilise sci-entific principles and knowledge for the design of foods and meals to better fit with consumer preferences, desires, nutritional needs and con-sumption situations . Mr . Bredie is responsible for a sensory evaluation unit and observation laboratory . Further, he is head of an immersive food laboratory and taste and smell unit . He is also a member of the European Sensory Network, the leading platform for collaboration on consumer and sensory science .

Scientific contribution to the Circular Economy challengeConsumer acceptance and sensory studies on changing consumption behaviour for a circular economy .

Most recent/relevant projects1 . ELDORADO – Preventing malnourishment and

promoting well-being in the elderly at home through personalised cost-effective food and meal supply

2 . SensWell - Sensory food satisfaction for healthy and sustainable eating behaviour

3 . HITFOOD – Rapeseed processing to high quality products

Most recent/relevant publications1 . Andersen, B .V ., Mielby, L .H ., Viemose, I ., Bredie,

W .L .P ., Hyldig, G . (2017): Integration of the sen-sory experience and post-ingestive measures for understanding food satisfaction . A case study on sucrose replacement by Stevia rebaudiana and addition of beta glucan in fruit drinks . Food Quality and Preference, 58, pp . 76-84 .

2 . Stolzenbach, S ., Bredie, W .L .P ., Christensen, R ., Byrne, D . (2016): Understanding liking in relation to sensory characteristics, consumer concept associations, arousal potential and ‘ap-propriateness for use’ using apple juice as an application . Journal of Sensory Studies, 31, pp . 135-142 .

Key members of research groupMr . Bredie is heading a section of 45 employees, whom cover competences from food chemistry, aroma analysis, sensory perception, consumer preference and eating behaviour as well as ex-plorative meal design .

WENDER BREDIE


CASE / GATE 21

Circular Economy project: Sustainable Bottomline (Bæredygtig Bundlinje)The overall goal is to support the greening of 100 local SMEs in the Capital Region of Denmark and prepare them to participate in the circular economy . This will support local green business development as well as goals in climate plans and waste plans .

The 100 SMEs develop a green business model that will enhance energy and resource effiency and have a positive impact on the enterprises’ bottom line .

The enterprises are offered a structured process with an individual assessment of environmental potentials and motivation, consultancy assistance and process support, culminating into a green business model .

5 step process in Sustainable Buttomline Contact and dialogue on potentials1 . An assessment of the enterprises’ green business

potentials and motivation 2 . Access to knowledge, workshops and networking

with other enterprises 3 . Consultancy assistance to develop a plan for a

green business model focusing on business case, environmental impact and prioritized action plan

4 . Tools and assistance to measure the impact of the green business model

The main partners are Copenhagen municipality (Green Business section), Fredensborg municipality, Allerød municipality, Frederikssund business, Techni-cal University of Denmark (DTU), Aalborg University (AAU) and Gate 21 . Moreover, following partners have engaged in the project: Gribskov Business Center, and the municipalities of Bornholm, Gentofte, Rudersdal, Hørsholm, Rødovre and Hvidovre .

CROSS-REGIONAL CASE: SUSTAINABLE BOTTOMLINE – 100 SME’S GOING GREEN – GATE 21

CIRCULAR ECONOMY PROFILE:GATE 21

Gate 21 is a non-profit partner organization, implementing inter-municipal projects and initiatives that promote green transforma-tion and growth . Gate 21s mission is to gather municipalities, regions, businesses and knowledge institutions to develop and disseminate resource-efficient solutions that support green transformation and growth . Gate 21’s team on “Circular Economy & Re-sources” develops and facilitates partnership initiatives supporting 1) energy and material-efficient companies and green business models as an integral part of green business development in the municipalities and 2) the new role of municipalities in closing the material circle – including capacity building, circular procurement and the use of big data and intelligent systems to accelerate the cir-cular economy .

The municipality’s/local business center’s role in the project is recruiting and facilitating the 5 steps of the process for the SMEs .

ResultsGreen business models for the 100 SMEs in the Capital Region of Denmark with energy saving, material savings and industrial symbiosis to follow .

Line Bech – Senior Project Managerline .bech@gate21 .dk / + 45 5365 7003

GATEWAY TO GREEN GROWTH


CASE / CAPITAL REGION OF DENMARK

Circular Economy projectThe Capital Region of Denmark promotes the re-cycling of food waste from central kitchens and canteens at the hospitals . The need is urgent as the waste generated is increasing .

The effort started in 2011 and since then the amount of food waste for recycling has increased nearly four times . Before that it was sent to incin-eration .

REGIONAL CASE: RECYCLING OF FOOD WASTE

CIRCULAR ECONOMY PROFILE

The Capital Region of Denmark is working to promote circular economy and enhance re-source efficiency .

The Capital Region of Denmark provides healthcare, mental healthcare and regional development for 1 .7 million people or approx . 30 percent of the population of Denmark . The health service in the Capital Region of Denmark comprises 10 hospitals and the re-gion’s Mental Health Services .

The regional hospitals and other activities generate yearly approximately 17,000 tons of waste . In 2015, approximately 23 percent of the waste was recycled .

The goal is that 40 percent of the region’s waste is recycled in 2025 . The way to reach the goal is to enhance the recycling of waste in relation to all internal activities of the re-gion .

FROM FOOD WASTE TO BIO ENERGY AND FERTILIZER

The food waste of the hospitals is used to produce biogas and fertilizer . Biogas is a re-newable energy source .

At some hospitals the food waste is ground-ed and mixed with water and at other hospi-tals the waste is simply collected and trans-ported to centralized biogas plants .

The major part of the waste is converted to biogas at the biogas plants of Hashøj and Biovækst .

The biogas is used to generate electricity and heat . The degassed biomass is used as fertilizer for agricultural purposes .

In 2015, a total of 744 tons of food waste were collected at the regional hospitals for recycling purposes .

Birgitte Steenstrup Berchtold – Special AdviserCentre for Regional Developmentbirgitte .steenstrup .berchtold@regionh .dk+45 3866 5609


CASE / THE CITY OF COPENHAGEN

Circular Economy projectThe City of Copenhagen is developing a research-based decision-tool for circular economic purchas-ing and procurement as part of a PhD project . The goal of the project is to create a circular economic business model that enables the municipality to better calculate and manage circularity of the products used and the services that are both pur-chased and delivered to the City of Copenhagen .

The model should clarify the requirements that can and must be made to suppliers to apply circu-lar economic thinking and activities . At the same time, the model should provide insights into the economic and environmental consequences .

The expected result of the project is that the deci-sion-tool can be applied in all areas of purchasing and procurement within the City of Copenhagen . Moreover, the decision tool should also be applica-ble to procurement processes of other municipali-ties, governments and private institutions .

The project runs from December 2016 until 2019 and is conducted by PhD-Fellow Sönnich Dahl Sönnichsen, Department of Marketing, Copenha-gen Business School . Sönnich Dahl Sönnichsen is member of Jesper Clement’s research group (pre-sented page 6) .

MUNICIPALITY CASE: CIRCULAR ECONOMIC PUBLIC PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT


The City of Copenhagen has a yearly pur-chasing and procurement budget of 11,4 billion DKK and thus has a high influence on markets . The city’s goal is to better use this position to promote the transforming of markets into a production and consumption paradigm that is regenerative and restorative by design . This will support the city’s vision of becoming CO₂ neutral in 2025 and the ambition to be a city without waste in 2050 .

The City of Copenhagen already has experi-ence in applying circular economic solu-tions . One example is a project where the old bricks from the demolition of Bispebjerg Hospital were reused for building a new school in Vanløse resulting in both cost re-ductions and environmental savings . Moreo-ver, the City of Copenhagen is currently participating in the Horizon 2020-funded EU-project ‘Cities Cooperating for a Circular Economy’ (FORCE), which aims to create and develop eco-innovative solutions and dem-onstrate new applications for plastic waste, metals, bio-waste and wood waste .

Sönnich Dahl Sönnichsen – PhD FellowDepartment of Marketing (CBS)sds .marktg@cbs .dk / +45 3815 2137


CASE / TARPAPER RECYCLING

Circular Economy projectRecycling of roofing felt has benefits from an environmental, societal as well as an economic perspective: A waste handling challenge is solved, and CO₂ emissions are reduced with 60 kg . per ton asphalt produced with roofing felt waste . The waste producers have access to a cheaper waste solution, and the asphalt producers have access to a cheaper bitumen source . Large asphalt produc-ers can save between 150 .000 and 200 .000 EUR/year . For Tarpaper Recycling, the business model is also very interesting as it provides income on the input material as well as on the output material .

Tarpaper Recycling has worked to ensure the long-term viability of the circular concept . It has obtained all the necessary approvals and certifica-tions for ensuring that the recycling process com-plies with national and EU-standards . The collec-tion network spans across the whole of Denmark, Sweden and Finland, and agreements are signed with more than 300 waste producers that deliver their roofing felt waste, including production and sub-standard waste to Tarpaper Recycling .

The innovative circular model has proven environ-mental and economic benefits and contributes to job creation . Approx . 25 jobs have been made in Denmark, Sweden and Finland, and 25 more are expected in Germany .

The company received a grant from the EU Life programme to develop the new innovative circular concept through “The Roof to Road”-project . The project demonstrated that the oil product bitu-men in roofing felt waste can be effectively reused in asphalt for road construction . The project was selected as “Best Life-Environment project 2012” and was on the top 5 Life Environment projects chosen by the EU Commission in 2017 out of the total of 2 .400 projects supported since 1992 .

BUSINESS CASE: TARPAPER RECYCLING – ALBERTSLUND


Tarpaper Recycling was established in 2006 in

Denmark with the aim to recycle bituminous

roofing felt .

An effective collection system for roof-felt waste

was established as well as a process and tech-

nology to grind the waste into suitable granules

of size 1-12 mm . The granules with the product

name BitumenMix can be used directly in as-

phalt production . Thus, a circular solution is now

offered as alternative to the traditional disposal

of roofing felt waste through land filling and

incineration .

Today, Tarpaper Recycling has companies and

production machinery in Denmark, Finland and

Sweden . Three new production sites are in the

pipeline in Germany . Tarpaper Recycling an-

nually collects 20 .000 tons roofing felt waste

in Scandinavia . By 2020, the expectation is to

collect 100 .000 tons in Scandinavia and Ger-

many . With recycling and reuse of 100 .000 tons

roofing felt granules in asphalt, production of

more than 50 .000 tons virgin oil can be saved .

Furthermore, this amount of recycled material

will result in a reduction of approx . 170 .000

tons CO₂ .

Cecilie Fernández – Project Coordinatorcef@tarpaper .dk / +45 2812 3306

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