Why Cornwall?
Cornwall is in the far Southwest of England with a predominantly rural economy, based on farming, fishing and tourism. Because the region is economically under-developed, Arca’s funding is targeted at this region.
Circular Success
We want to demonstrate that even in this very small, economically deprived area, there are many inspirational businesses already working in the circular space, delivering both environmental and social regeneration.
Click on the links to watch a short video about each company:
- Arc Marine manufactures its Reef Cubes® in Truro. Made from China clay waste, these blocks restore marine habitats, and can be used within offshore wind farms.
- Chocolarder are an artisan chocolate maker based in Porthleven whose organically grown beans are transported across the Atlantic by sail.
- Perranporth’s Circular&Co partners with big brands such as McDonalds and the Woodland Trust to collect used paper cups and turn them into reusable coffee cups.
- Cornish Lithium are reviving Cornwall’s mining heritage through sustainably extracting the county’s lithium reserves for use in renewable energy storage.
- Porthleven’s Flexi-Hex creates plastic-free, biodegradable packaging for a wide range of industries – board sports, bottles, cosmetics, electronics and homeware.
- Green&Blue make bee houses, bird feeders, bird houses, bird baths and bat roosts from 75% recycled material from the Cornish China clay industry.
- Newquay Orchard is a seven-acre community space in the centre of Newquay which offers educational, social, and volunteering programmes to help the local community.
- Oltco, also based in Newquay, have created Recycle Bound using low-grade recycled plastics to create hard-wearing, porous surfaces for paths and driveways.
- Based in Penryn, Skinflint are Europe’s leading vintage industrial lighting site. They source and restore unique and historic vintage lights.
If they can do it, so can anyone!
