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Circular Opportunity Innovation Launchpad (COIL) drives circularity through organizations, supply chains and material streams with its trail-blazing and targeted systems-change programming. It supports collaboration, innovation, policy and education, which are all enablers of the circular economy.
Launched in April 2021 and originally led by Smart Cities Office of Guelph-Wellington, COIL’s trademark, leadership and programming transferred to Circular Innovation Council in 2024. Since its inception, COIL’s efforts to develop the circular economy have received widespread recognition across Canada.
Circular economy strategy is essential in all climate action plans; COIL supports climate mitigation solutions through circularity principles.
To learn more, please contact Andrew Telfer at [email protected]
“There is no doubt that a rapid transition towards the circular economy is one of Canada’s best solutions for addressing the climate crisis.”
– Ivey Centre for Building Sustainable Value
To be an impactful, collaborative and enduring circular launchpad, testbed and accelerator with innovative systems-change programming across Canada.
To expand and advance circularity across Canada by testing and demonstrating new ideas and innovations to affect sustainable systems change and accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
This guidebook is for both residents and industry professionals who are working on a construction, renovation or demolition (CRD) project. It focuses on key material types and aims to provide clear and concise instructions for “waste” management and/or disposal (of only what cannot be reused, repurposed or recycled). This guidebook will support the reduction of material “waste” going to landfill during the CRD process.
Best practices for CRD material management specifically for industry professionals.
Best practices for CRD material management specifically for residents and DIY-ers.
COIL created and launched an investment lookbook, Advancing Circularity: Investment Opportunities in the Circular Economy, as part of our mission to support the growth of climate-smart, circular solutions across Canada.
The lookbook features over 25 investment-ready SMEs based in Ontario that are leading circular innovation in their respective industries.
Projects span development stages — from prototype to export-ready — and represent incredible leadership in some of the most crucial industries to unlock carbon and circular potential, such as agri-food, plastics and built environment.
Developed and launched with significant support from Co-operators in 2023, this national challenge sought both to find new ideas and innovation to collect and divert C&D “waste” and to help develop secondary markets for those recovered materials.
Systems map regarding the place-based exploration into diverting construction, renovation and demolition (CRD) materials and developing the circular built environment in region of Guelph-Wellington, Ontario.
Companion report for systems map regarding place-based exploration into diverting construction, renovation and demolition (CRD) materials and developing the circular built environment in region of Guelph-Wellington, Ontario.
A circular built environment emphasizes adapting existing structures, designing adaptable new buildings, and reusing materials, involving architects and builders in selecting circular materials and methods, optimizing operational efficiency, and facilitating material recovery. At the end-of-life, buildings are deconstructed, and waste is separated on-site; materials are reclaimed or processed for recycling or remanufacturing into new products and then reused or sold. Circular practices can significantly reduce carbon emissions and enhance biodiversity while fostering resilient supply chains. Additionally, circularity offers economic benefits by reducing material costs, boosting GDP, and creating new businesses and jobs.
This report looks at how Ontario (and other provinces) can shift the mostly linear end-of-life phase to a more circular system by increasing the cost to generate waste, limiting disposal options, building up the circular infrastructure and supply chains, and empowering on-the-ground innovation at the municipal level.
Circular Innovation Council is a registered charity.
Charity Registration Number: 119112118 RR 0001
