Functions to MakeITcircular should be in by October 3, 2024 with the highest prize of €3000
MakeITcircular is the competition that promotes the Round Consumption Constitution and the values of recycling, reuse and co-design. Shifting from a linear to a “round economic system” mannequin is the important thing to enabling financial progress that respects materials and pure assets and to creating a contribution to defending towards local weather change, which the planet has pledged to halt by 2050.
With a view to practise and encourage “round consumption“ and promote the transition from a tradition of waste to a tradition of recycling and reuse, the “Round Consumption Constitution” was created: Concepts to tell the most important decisions that local weather change and ecological transition imposes on us and to affirm a fairer society and economic system. Try the foundations and final yr’s winners beneath.
EVERY IDEA COUNTS, EVERY IDEA CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Apply now to MakeITCircular 2024 contest by October third!
The MakeITcircular contest will reward the perfect concepts which are in keeping with the rules of the Constitution and promote its dissemination and the involvement of various actors in its implementation.
Specifically, they’re looking for tasks that purpose to:
- increase consciousness of the environmental impacts of merchandise and the economic processes that generate them;
• promote information of the ideas of “circularity” and the “environmental footprint” of merchandise/providers;
• overcome the “disposable” strategy, in consumption and manufacturing, by selling values of sturdiness, sharing, restore, repurposing and reuse of merchandise and materials assets;
• contain customers in defining the “circularity” traits of merchandise, serving to them to turn out to be conscious that their behaviour within the use and post-use part can affect that attribute.
Pure individuals of age, Italian or international, firms, our bodies, associations, foundations, and/or different authorized entities, can take part.
All tasks submitted by Maker Faire Rome 2024’s Name for Makers within the “round economic system” class are additionally entitled to take part within the contest.
The Prizes
The Analysis Committee will determine a profitable challenge and assign two honorable mentions, a 3rd point out might be assigned by the Assoutenti Affiliation.
The prizes, in money, might be, respectively:
- Successful challenge: 3,000.00 (three thousand/00) euros
- Honorable point out n. 1: 1,000.00 (one thousand/00) euros
- Honorable point out n. 2: 1,000.00 (one thousand/00) euros
- Antonietta Boselli Particular Point out: Euro 1,000.00 (one thousand/00) – this point out is managed and assigned straight by the Assoutenti Affiliation.
Winners of the 2023 Version of the MakeITcircular Contest
FIRST PLACE: IOTILIZE makes use of information to revolutionize waste assortment. It’s the first service in Italy for monitoring the portions of commercial waste, relevant to every container. This helps enhance the best way you acquire waste, growing interventions as much as 30% with the only and most dependable service in the marketplace.
SECOND PLACE: iGREEN COVER
iGreen Devices has created a compostable iPhone circumstances that develop basil, daisies, and forget-me-nots when the person vegetation and recycles them as an alternative of discarding them after use. The within a part of the compostable iPhone cowl has a water-soluble protecting movie, and when it will get diluted or decomposed, the rack of seeds behind it spills the grains of basil, daisies, and forget-me-nots by itself. by way of designboom
THIRD PLACE: Nuova Vita Al Sottoprodotto Cartone E Non Solo
The CARTONECO “REGIONAL” APEA challenge goals to realize symbiosis and sustainable industrial and technological growth, with the intention to implement round economic system processes geared toward all of the potential synergies that may be activated in a number of sectoral areas with the intention to assure the utmost effectiveness of the technique of growth of the APEA. Ranging from FSC licensed by-products resembling cardboard, MDF and chipboard, new revolutionary merchandise are created and manufactured, permitting the “residue” to be given a second life.
Particular Point out “Antonietta Boselli”: RestART, the Artwork of Restore
For years, Sergio Almerares, the creator of the RestART challenge, has been engaged in mechanical, electrical, and digital restore: initially alone, then in teams. He collaborates with “The Restart Venture,” the Restarters, the Restore Cafés, Giacimenti Urbani, the Brianza Group Consortium, the Right2Repair motion, iFixit, and different organisations to advertise a round economic system with a give attention to reuse and the Proper to Restore.
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The Analysis Committee
- Maria Alliney – Normal Secretary of Assoutenti (President)
- Alessandra Colombo – Round Financial system & Sustainability – Versalis
- Alessandro Ranellucci – Maker Faire Rome Curator
- Davide Zanon – Venture Workplace Supervisor – CODICI
The Promoters
- Innova Digicam– Particular Company of the Rome Chamber of Commerce
- Client associations of the CNCU (Italian Nationwide Council of Customers and Customers)
In accordance with the European Fee’s New Round Financial system Motion Plan, the involvement of communities and likewise of residents – thought-about of their position as customers and customers – is a key a part of the European Union’s motion plan to speed up the transition to the brand new “round” mannequin.
By adopting behaviour and making aware decisions oriented in direction of the logic of “circularity,” customers can cut back their very own environmental footprint and likewise stimulate change in firms and the best way they produce their merchandise or present their providers.
Each thought counts, each thought could make a distinction!
