Circular Norway offer a course for key people in the construction industry from city development councilor, Ingrid Nergaard Fjeldstad. The first lady on the e-learning school bench.

Knowledge is needed to create the green shift. 95% say they know too little about the circular economy, according to a survey carried out by Circular Norway. Envir now offers the e-learning course from Circular Norway to key people in the construction industry in the Bergen region.

Before the new washing facility for contaminated pulp opens in the autumn, Envir and Circular Norway will prepare a follow-up course on the use of recovered (washed) pulp. What is possible, what is the law, environmental accounting and sustainability reporting.

City Development Councilor, Ingrid Nergaard Fjeldstad (v) and Storting representative Alfred Bjørlo (v) were on a company visit to Envir and got to see the earth amp plant which rids soil of alien species, so that the soil is able to be safely reused instead of ending up in landfill. When the washing plant for contaminated pulp opens in the autumn, Envir expects that over 80% of the pulp they receive can be reused after treatment. A true statement for the industry.

Bergen municipality has just adopted a Green Strategy, a target of 65% of all waste material to be recycled by 2030. Contaminated masses are considered waste.

If these reclaimed pulps enter the market and replace virgin pulps, it will have measurable effects on climate and natural diversity in the Bergen region, says Fjeldstad.

This requires that the construction industry opens up to thinking about the circular economy. We believe they want that, and I want to contribute to the municipality playing as a team.