Event FACET 00007

In 2021, seventeen pilots spread over Flanders and the Netherlands will start. The pilots are created to stimulate the adoption of circular solutions by SME’s in the tourism sector. Motivated entrepreneurs with a background in different lines of tourism participate in the pilots (day attractions, accommodations, catering and municipalities). The pilots consist of developing an action plan to make a company more circular. External experts will help the entrepreneurs in finding the right answers in their questions. 

About the pilots:

Westtoer 7 pilots: water, energy, and waste

-         Efficient ways of collecting, filtering and using rainwater in coastal tourism enterprises;

-         Collecting waste water in tourism enterprises;

-         Research into water saving and consumption reducing measures + reuse;

-         Awareness of water and energy consumption in the enterprise, but also among visitors and tourists in general;

-         Research into local and renewable energy sources and energy-reducing measures;

-         Research into possible subsidies to support our sustainable and circular efforts;

-         Specific measures to reduce or even avoid waste;

-         Development of a concrete action plan to tackle the problem of beach waste.

Impuls Zeeland 10 pilots: waste, packaging, circular accommodations, and energy.

-         Reduce water consumption and create a positive way to participate guests in doing so;

-         Making guests aware of their water consuption, reduce their water consumption and make more use of sta sustainable energy;

-         Research and design of a new circular building made of materials from an old train factory;

-         Experiment with using the waste of a local company (shells, coffee and other foodwaste);

-         Research into possible circular materials for an accommodation;

-         Reduce packaging from suppliers;

-         Reduce water consumption by working together with chain partners;

-         Make the city center more sustainable in terms of energy;

-         Improve waste separation and communicate transparently about it;

-         Developing an idea for a new circular accommodation.

8 februari 2021