Flagship Project

Circular Economy in Waste

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Project overview

This project focuses on building a circular ecosystem at MIND that transforms waste and energy into long-term value within a real-life living lab.

By testing economically efficient and environmentally sound solutions, the initiative explores how resources can be recovered, reused, and optimized at district scale. The project also investigates social procurement models that integrate environmental impact with social value.

Through real-world experimentation and measurable outcomes, the project aims to develop scalable circular solutions that can be adopted beyond MIND.

Goals

Strategic project goals

Pilot new circular economy models breaking “real world” silos
Optimize resource use across assets within the District
Minimize waste production within MIND, optimize its management
Accelerate go-to-market with new public and social procurement tools
The district

The role of MIND

MIND is uniquely positioned to host and test this initiative.

As a mixed-use innovation district integrating research, healthcare, education, companies, and public institutions, MIND offers:

Steering committee

A2A
Bio4Dreams
Bracco
Gruppo Cap
ELTGroup
Esselunga
Lendlease
Maire
Nippon Gases
Würth

Ancore

Logo Principia
Human Technopole
Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi
Case study

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