Construction waste is currently an underutilized resource in the transition towards a circular economy. The main challenges remain the lack of waste segregation at construction sites and scalable recycling economies for the collected material.  

The Alliance Paper Sacks Go Circular was established in May 2024 in Spain to close the loop and create a circular economy for paper sacks in the construction industry. It became evident during the pilot phase that the same model could be applied to other types of construction waste, thus the initiative was expanded to Construction Goes Circular. Currently, the Spanish pilot is actively collaborating with over 60 participants representing the entire value chain – from construction companies, waste management companies, recyclers, producers of building material and paper sacks and public administration actors. Besides going circular, the Alliance is also going international by setting up pilot projects in Austria and Italy.  

The end goal is to improve the valorization of the mixed construction waste, mitigate against increasing waste management costs, and identify synergies in the construction industry that will contribute to circular material flows.  

The Alliance is hosted and mainly financed by industry associations Eurosac and CEPI Eurokraft. 

Whitepaper: Construction Goes Circular (May 2025)

Whitepaper: Construction Goes Circular, Spanish version (Mayo 2025)