Circular Economy Project:
In collaboration with the company VonDerWeid
PROJECT OVERVIEW:
This project was developed to apply the circular economy to a real case study.
To do so, the main goal was to develop a project that could positively impact the company and its territory, helping with a problem related to scraps or unused materials.
According to this, the project was focused on two axes related to the circular economy:
1. The resources management
2. Design sustainable strategies
To do so, the main goal was to develop a project that could positively impact the company and its territory, helping with a problem related to scraps or unused materials.
According to this, the project was focused on two axes related to the circular economy:
1. The resources management
2. Design sustainable strategies
Phase 1: Understand the context of the project
Azienda Agricola VonDerWeid
Founded in Trieste in 1997 by Maurizio de Vonderweid, the VonDerWeid farm is a family-run business focused on the production and sale of Aloe Arborescens and Aloe Vera products. Their products are strictly organic, natural, high quality, and 100% made in Italy. Their production mainly focuses on creating gels, juices, dietary supplements, and cosmetics based on Aloe. However, thanks to their beekeepers in the Karst region, they also offer honey-based products and products based on other natural plants.
Phase 2: Definition of the industry and productive process
Productive process of the Aloe Vera products
Phase 3: Research for real case studies
Eight case studies were analyzed in different types of industries (Feeding, Textile, Purifying water, Animal uses) that used Aloe Vera materials to solve in a sustainable way a problem, for each case there was used the 3R Method to understand the impact of the project.
Phase 4: Concept presentation
ALOE PET:
Creating a line of products based on aloe gel by-products from the production chain to be sold as supplements for pets and livestock.
Creating a line of products based on aloe gel by-products from the production chain to be sold as supplements for pets and livestock.
ADVANTAGES:
1. Utilization of by-products.
2. Ease of use for the customer.
3. In-house production.
4. Reduced costs.
5. New collaborations with local farms and livestock operations.
1. Utilization of by-products.
2. Ease of use for the customer.
3. In-house production.
4. Reduced costs.
5. New collaborations with local farms and livestock operations.
Phase 4: Proposal of the project
Implementation
