Ceercle means taking concrete action for the city of tomorrow.
Ceercle a French startup whose mission is to use waste to help green cities.
We offer communities :
A favorable context
Accelerate the greening of our cities, and the sorting of biowaste at source, with a solution that impacts both public and private spaces, and involves local residents in the process.
From January 1, 2024, sorting biowaste will be mandatory for everyone
Decree to promote innovative sustainable purchasing facilitates public procurement
Green Fund dedicates €500M to cities for renaturation
A wide range of products for local waste composting
In this context, here are our solutions to accelerate and enable French people to recycle their food waste, commonly known as bio-waste (peelings, green waste, dry waste such as cardboard and packaging). Ceercle developed a wide range of solutions:
The terracotta design range
Kitchen and indoor composters for apartments
Outdoor composters for balconies, terraces and gardens
Plantable composters for public green spaces and vegetable patches
Beautiful compost bins, without any nuisance—
—it's possible with Ceercle
No rats
No odors
Small area
Large capacity
Ease of use
Aesthetics
Vermicomposting perfectly suited to the city
Vermicomposting is the only process that can offer a comprehensive domestic solution for biowaste in vertical housing.
Suitable for vertical housing
Vermicomposting is the only solution that can be carried out all year round in apartments, indoors or outdoors, and on a small footprint.
ODOR-FREE
Thanks to the enzymes in their intestines and the galleries they dig, the worms aerate the compost and give it an undergrowth smell.
EASY TO MAINTAIN
The earthworms do all the work, so there's no need to stir or add water.
FAST AND EFFICIENT
Compost worms ingest their own weight in peelings every day, creating fertile soil in just 3 to 4 months.
FERTILIZES OUR PLANTS
Vermicompost enriches topsoil and can be used on plants or in the garden. It also recovers liquids used as fertilizer.
30% LESS WASTE
Vermicomposting can reduce the volume of your garbage can by 30%, or around 80 kg.
With Ceercle, gardening and composting become child's play
OUR MISSION: TO HELP CITY DWELLERS TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE OF GREENING CITIES AND SORTING WASTE AT SOURCE
Greening private spaces:
an unexplored solution
At a time when people are becoming increasingly aware of the climatic challenges of urban planning and are looking for concrete, viable solutions to combat the phenomenon of heat islands, public policies have so far focused mainly on the revegetation of public spaces.
However, one major area has been totally neglected by public decision-makers: private balconies, terraces and courtyards.
Find out how it's set up with the town of Tassin-la-demie Lune10 and 15 million balconies in France
70% of space in the Lyon metropolitan area is privately owned
More frequent and intense hot spells
A solution designed for cities,
agglomerations or inter-municipalities
+ Seasonal refills for year-round gardening and composting
+ Training and a private community
+ A customized dashboard to measure impact
(Re)green cities with
our balcony composter vegetable gardens
The stakes involved in local composting are not only environmental and economic, but also educational and social.
Composted waste represents a third of French residual waste and 40% of household waste (83 kg/inhab/yr). It is absurd to dispose of them by incineration or landfill, when we know that they are a resource, and that composting them where they are produced can considerably reduce household waste collection.
Moreover, the Circular Economy and Fight against Waste Act now requires separate management of bio-waste by December 31, 2023 at the latest. In this context, composting biowaste offers a concrete, voluntary solution. No collection costs, no treatment costs, on-site compost recovery.
Our philosophy: positive ecology
We manufacture our products in an eco-responsible way
BEAUTIFUL FOR THE EYES
design objects you'll want to put in your home
GOOD FOR THE PLANET
environmentally-friendly materials
SIMPLE FOR EVERYONE
from 3 to 99 years, in town or country
Our responsible approach
ECO-DESIGNED PRODUCTION
Our products are handcrafted by our potters in Portugal and our packaging is compostable.
A PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
Since its creation, part of Ceercle revenue Ceercle dedicated to running workshops in primary schools to raise awareness about composting and gardening.
COMMITTED PARTNERS
Our distributors are B CorpTM certified, an international certification supported by the NGO B Lab, which evaluates and values a company's impact on society and the environment.
AN INSERTION PROCESS
An ESAT* prepares your orders. *Establishment for people with disabilities.
Case study
The commune of Tassin la Demi-Lune
A SCHEME COMBINING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INNOVATIVE PUBLIC POLICY FOR GREENING CITIES AND THE DIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL RESIDENTS
In Tassin la Demi-Lune, the municipality has launched an experiment involving 300 test households over 3 years, on the scale of a community of 25,000 inhabitants.
JANUARY
Creation of a call for applications that generates between 500 and 600 applications a year, for an average of over 1,000 residents.
MARCH
Annual random selection of 100 test households
APRIL
First meeting of the entire test panel for a presentation of the system and official handover of CEERCLE vegetable gardens and composters.
MAY
Integration into the dedicated Facebook group, animating the community as it learns to exchange and help each other.
SEPTEMBER
1st intermediate appointment for a seasonal refill of mini-plants and worms
APRIL FOLLOWING YEAR
Invitation to meet the new test homes and discuss the experiment for feedback purposes
ALL YEAR ROUND
Physical activities in schools, at city events, on social networks, and media relations
A WIN-WIN CAMPAIGN
FOR THE COMMUNITY AND CITY DWELLERS
A BUDGET OF €34K/YEAR
over 3 years financed by the Innovative Purchasing scheme
18.000 PLANTS
grown on the commune
36 TONS
of bio-waste recycled
300 TEST HOMES
i.e. an average of 600 PEOPLE DIRECTLY INVOLVED and integrated into a private Facebook community animated by a city device.
MEDIA VISIBILITY
in local and national press
Approx. 3000 PEOPLE IMPACTED
by the call for projects
Shall we meet?
For more information, please contact Ceercle co-founder Marie de Conihout at ceercle.
