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.
