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PermaFungi and The Sonian Wood Coop focus on local raw materials

The Sonian Wood Coop enables the establishment of short wood supply chains, while PermaFungi, a mushroom farm, follows a similar local approach in Brussels.

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  • Circular
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Globalised, industrialised and not CO2 friendly. The traditional wood industry could be a lot more local and sustainable than it is. However, The Sonian Wood Coop has demonstrated that it is possible to adopt a more localised and sustainable approach. Similarly, the Brussels-based PermaFungi works with local raw materials to grow mushrooms.

Read more about circular economyThe circular economy is a restorative and regenerative economy. By maintaining the value of the products, materials and resources in the economy through smart product design, repurposing and/or shared use of products, it reduces the extraction of natural resources by using resources already present in the economy. on the website of Hub.Brussels

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