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Take a moment to imagine what ‘Safety and Health at Work’ looks like. What picture...

In this series of articles, we show how Kekkilä-BVB promotes the circular economy. In this...

Does it matter how you address your colleagues? It certainly does! Inclusive action starts with...

As we celebrate the start of a new year, we want to look back at...

In our search for new local circular sustainable raw materials for growing media, roadside grasses have...

When we joined the BIOSCHAMP project 2 years ago, our goal was to create the most sustainable...

Multiple hands get the work done faster. This year, Kekkilä-BVB participates Neova Group’s volunteer programme...

Meadows and nutrient recycling increase the diversity of the built environment above and below ground The debate around nutrient recycling in Finland often focuses heavily on the countryside and agricultural recycled fertilizers. However, the nutrients recycled in the growing media also end up back in the built environment. As more and more natural meadows or green roofs are added to cities, biodiversity will also increase.

Every year Kekkilä-BVB produces 430 000 m3 of casing soil for the mushroom industry, 175 000 m3 of that goes directly to the Dutch market which grows 300 000 tons of mushrooms every year. Producing this many mushrooms in such a relatively compact geographical space has led to some interesting innovations within the Dutch mushroom growing community.

Think bigger! Last month Growing Media Europe AISBL released a brand new life-cycle assessment (LCA) guideline for growing media. Therefore, we have dedicated this blog to everything LCA. Our sustainability manager Folkert Moll clarifies what an LCA is, debunks some previous notions about LCAs and explains why this new guideline will help our industry make better choices.