Residue decision support · Food and drink manufacturing
Find the best destination for every residue.
Cirqular helps food and drink manufacturers compare destinations for organic residues across cost, resource value, emissions and logistics.
Regulatory requirements, facility approvals and material compatibility are checked automatically as part of every comparison.
Site overviewGreenfield Foods
EXAMPLE DATA- Annual residue volume
- 952 tonnes
- 5 streams
- Potential annual saving
- €55,420
- Based on 4 of 5 streams
- Est. annual CO₂e
- 38.7 t lower
- Based on 4 of 5 streams
| Residue stream | Today → decision | Est. saving |
|---|---|---|
| Surplus bread and bakery production materialChange | Anaerobic digestion to Animal feed | €35,770 lower |
| Dough and ingredient residueChange | Composting to Animal feed | €7,170 lower |
| Liquid batter and cream washoutKeep current | Anaerobic digestion to Keep current | No change |
| Packaging-contaminated rejected productChange | Disposal to Anaerobic digestion | €12,470 lower |
| Returned and unsuitable finished productNeeds information | Disposal to No decision yet | Not available |
The problem
Finding somewhere to send a residue is easy. Finding the best destination isn’t.
The information exists, but it is scattered — and comparing it takes time most teams don’t have. So most businesses default to whatever route their existing contractor offers.
What a manufacturer has to piece together today
- DAFM approval listsApproved animal by-product plants
- EPA informationLicences and by-product notifications
- NWCPO permit dataPermitted waste collectors
- Facility operatorsCapacity and gate fees
- Contractor quotesPrices for individual routes
Cirqular brings these into one side-by-side comparison.
How it works
From scattered residue data to a clear recommendation.
AI assists with reading and interpreting the input. Eligibility is decided by deterministic rules on the structured profile, so every outcome can be traced.
Understand
Output: Material profile
Reads invoices, spreadsheets and transfer notes, and builds a structured material profile. You confirm only what it can’t infer with confidence.
Match
Output: Candidate destinations
Identifies compatible destinations, facilities and collection options for that material.
Evaluate
Output: Suitable · Needs confirmation · Unavailable
Checks requirements with fixed, auditable rules, then compares cost, carbon, distance, capacity and material fit. Options that fail a requirement are never scored.
Optimise
Output: Ranked options
Ranks the suitable options with the transparent Cirqular Score, under weights you can see and change.
Report
Output: Decision report
Shows the recommended route next to today’s, with alternatives, the estimated saving and the environmental impact.
The result
See the decision, not just the score.
Each recommendation sits next to the current arrangement, with the estimated saving, the trade-offs, the alternatives and the reasons behind it. In the product every figure is labelled with its source: measured, quoted, estimated or demo.
Surplus bread and bakery production material · 416 tonnes a year
EXAMPLE DATA| Measure | Current | Proposed |
|---|---|---|
| Destination | Midlands Renewable Gas | Kildare Feed Cooperative |
| Route | Anaerobic digestion | Animal feed |
| Net cost | €90/t | €4/t |
| Annual cost | €37,440 | €1,670 |
| Distance | 31 km | 53 km |
| Est. annual CO₂e | 14.0 tCO₂e | 19.3 tCO₂e |
| Cirqular Score | — | 64 / 100 · 5 of 5 factors |
Example prices · distances are straight-line estimates · CO₂e uses prototype emission factors.
Why this destination?
Kildare Feed Cooperative ranks highest under your current priorities (Balanced), combining the lowest estimated net cost with a high-value use (animal feed).
Requirements checked
- Accepts this type of material
- Accepts this physical form
- Suitable for farmed-animal feed
- Approved for animal-derived material
- Authorised to receive this material
Unavailable
Liffey Biomethane — The stated annual volume (416 t) exceeds the facility’s configured demo capacity (400 t a year).
4 suitable · 4 need confirmation · 3 unavailable. Only suitable destinations are scored.
Independence
No commission per tonne.
No preferred destination.
A transparent comparison.
Cirqular is designed as an independent subscription product. It earns nothing more by sending material to one destination rather than another.
- Flat annual subscription per site
- No fees or commission from facilities, collectors or buyers
- Every weight, assumption and data source visible
- Requirements checked by fixed, auditable rules
Find a better destination for your residues.
Compare suitable destinations across cost, resource value, emissions and logistics.