Circular economy

Circular economy is a tool for a sustainable development strategy based on creating a balance between nature and human society. Our strategy here, at NARA-SK is to create balanced and healthy relationships in production and trade. Each tool and method of the circular economy that we apply is related to motivation of reducing enviromental burden. By successive steps we take care of perfect production flows closure that lowers the waste or makes it become a raw material in following production and trade chain. The aim is to make sure, that no waste ends up in landfills or incinerators and do not contaminates the air, water, soil... 


It has to be a longterm, irreversible and conclusive process, which needs to be set up properly, both technologically and economically. That is why we make sure there is no "back passing" in the supply chain. By that we mean any investments, which are profits oriented only with short-term or even negative enviromental impact. We distance ourselves from levying taxes and charges that do not serve supporting lowering enviromental burden projects but encouraging new forms of eco-bureaucracy..


Throughout positive examples, we convince our members and partners, that environmentally positive behaviour prosperity brings not only the environmental quality but long-term economic profit and employment indeed. We replace technical development causes, which is unemployment in society by new job opportunities. We strictly take care, that the new jobs are fairly rewarded, so they do not disappear before they enter the market.


We believe that just as the law of conservation of energy applies to nature, the law of conservation of labour and human creativity must apply to our civilisation and the free market. Fortunately, unlike man, nature cannot be fooled. We are open to anyone who understands an honours at least one of these three principles: 

                                                               

                                                             Environmental - Economical- Social

Circular economy creates new products through the collaboration of all actors of the QUADRUPLE HELIX model with the aim of ecological stability of the country and economic sustainability of regional development with an impact on a socially fair working and liveable environment of the QUINTUPLE HELIX innovation model.

The Quadruple Helix innovation model consists of four main actors in the innovation system: science and education, politics, industry and society. Civil society becomes an important part of the integration of innovation activities of the system solution for the development of regions.

The Quintuple Helix innovation model creates a high-quality, competitive, socially responsible business environment through close cooperation with regional self-government, academia and applied research in practice and the knowledge public in the knowledge-based economy.

Collaboration represents the establishment of a common goal of sustainable growth achieved through cooperation, mutual assistance and shared responsibility of all actors according to the QUADRUPLE HELIX model.

The creation of products in a circular economy requires an approach that consumes as little primary resources and energy as possible, while at the same time the use of renewable resources and materials will be preferred in their implementation.

Circular economy products must meet the requirement of repeated use, repairability, improvement, recyclability or environmentally acceptable degradability, while constantly reducing the carbon footprint.

Products value chains begin at the beginning of the product life cycle with its development, research, production based on life cycle analysis LCA. The basis for waste prevention is the creation of new products in compliance with the waste management hierarchy - long-term use, reuse, recycling, recovery into innovative products, disposal.



AWARDS OF NARA-SK

National energetic cluster NEK 2019

Awarded at the ENERGOFUTURA 2019 conference for outstanding innovative project solutions and special lasting contribution in the field of energy and environmental education and consultancy

Zelený Merkúr 2018

Project CE HOUSE - House made out of recycled waste on principles of circular economy

National business award for the enviroment in Slovakia 2017

Projekt CE HOUSE - House made out of recycled waste on principles of circular economy

Zlatý Mravec 2015

Project Innovative solutions for climate change based on the circular economy principles