CIRCULAR TRANSITION INDICATORSCASE STUDIESLIPOR works in close collaboration with its stakeholders. Now, withthe CTI framework, we can communicate more responsibly and moretransparently with our suppliers as well as with our clients. Only througha close relationship it is possible to gain an understanding of priorities,
provide an excellence service and promote projects that match theexpectations of those who work with LIPOR.
Aires Pereira,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, LIPOR
Organization Name:
LIPOR
Industry:
Waste management solutions
Number of employees:
203
Annual revenue:€ 48 million
Website:https://www.lipor.pt/pt/

Why are circular metrics interesting to your company?
Lack of information and awareness around existing opportunities are
an important obstacle in the transition to a circular economy. These arenecessary to organizations and policymakers to design products, processes
and exercise decision making in line with circular practices. At LIPOR Intermunicipal Waste Management Service of Greater Porto, we believe thatcircular metrics are an asset to capitalize on the opportunities offered by
the circular economy. To achieve circular objectives, a common language
is crucial, especially in terms of comparability and progress measurement.
Bio-waste prevention and recovery plays an important role in closing
nutrient loops, preserving biodiversity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions,and materializing a sustainable bioeconomy. In this context, we have been
expanding our activities around bio-waste through the development of an
integrated and circular strategy for the sustainable management of thesestreams.

Key challenges

Solutions

Results

We focused the CTI assessment on thelevel of circularity of Nutrimais®,
a 100% natural organic compost that
results from the composting processof food and green waste, separately
collected at source. We have not
faced relevant challenges regarding
the characterization of the % recovery
potential and % actual recovery of theoutflows, since the outflow materials
are very well mapped in terms ofquantities, typology, and destination.

We created a diverse task force
of technicians from our sales andmanagement, operations andsustainability departments. We held
regular meeting to coordinate datacollection, involving not only the LIPOR
team, but also the Composting Plant
Exploration Entity. For the selection ofindicators and data collection, a match
was made between the CTI frameworkand the data that LIPOR collects
on a regular basis for its reports
and evaluations. Considering all theanalysis carried out within the scope ofthe study, we were able to list several
actions that we consider will improve
Nutrimais® entire process.

The results obtained presented avery positive circularity score for
the Nutrimais® process, which isexplained by the high circularity levelsof the inflow (constituted by waste)
and outflow (most of the materials
are either recycled, compostable, or
are reintroduced in other processes).
The product itself is consideredcircular since it is a regenerative andrestorative compost that improves
soil quality. The analysis of theresults enabled to pinpoint several
opportunities for improvement, suchas the development of new, highquality natural products for agriculture,
the identification of other treatment
options to value waste that is currently
not being recycled, as well as the studyof more sustainable packaging forms.