Projects that genuinely transform operating environments

Let’s build new ways of working together — with impact and courage.

KIPI develops solutions to critical bottlenecks

KIPI’s projects tackle the bottlenecks that slow down the progress of the circular economy: real challenges identified in the field that require concrete, practical solutions. Each project is built on the principles of impact and continuity. They are not isolated experiments but part of long‑term development where one project lays the foundation for the next.

Our goal is to generate new knowledge and to test and pilot solutions that help companies advance their circular‑economy practices. By combining expertise and ideas, we can solve circular‑economy challenges and create operating models that strengthen competitiveness, reshape operating environments, and enable sustainable transformation.

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KIPI’s ongoing projects

Huoltovarmuuspeli

Circular economy as a tool for security of supply

Global crises highlight the importance of security of supply, and the circular economy has become a key means of strengthening self‑sufficiency in Finland and across the EU. The Huoltovarmuuspeli project, launched in Pirkanmaa, uniquely combines circular‑economy solutions with military‑tactical thinking and game‑based methods.

Ykke

A collaboration model to strengthen the regional circular‑economy innovation ecosystem

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Stopp

Focusing on the circularity of plastic food packaging

The Horizon2020‑funded STOPP project aims to embed circular‑economy principles into the production and consumption of plastic food packaging. Its goal is to significantly reduce the environmental impacts of packaging use and the amount of plastic waste generated.

Koppi

Regional home bases – support and piloting for Circular Economy Green Deal commitments

This project helps municipalities plan and implement concrete and ambitious circular‑economy measures as part of the national Green Deal process. For municipalities, circularity is a way to reach climate targets, save materials and costs, and strengthen regional vitality and security of supply.

Urban Mining

Turning the building stock into a resource

The construction sector in Finland generates roughly 35% of all waste and one‑third of greenhouse‑gas emissions. The new URBAN MINING: Turning the Building Stock into a Resource project examines the reuse potential of buildings scheduled for demolition and how this information can support emission‑reduction efforts.

Completed projects

Säilö

From demolition to storage and reuse

The SÄILÖ project aims to develop an operational model for the large‑scale reuse of intact building components. The model covers all necessary steps — from temporary storage and careful dismantling to planning for reuse.

Co‑creating practical circular‑economy solutions – in three key themes

Road and earthworks construction

Building construction

Industrial material flows

Want to develop the circular economy together with KIPI?

KIPI is interested in new circular‑economy projects and partnership opportunities that support the growth of the circular economy in Pirkanmaa and align with our key themes: the built environment and industrial materials. We can also participate in national and international projects, as long as their results can be applied and implemented within the Pirkanmaa region.

Do you have a circular‑economy project in mind? Tell us — and let’s make it a reality together.

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