Multilayer packaging, often based on PET and polyolefins, presents significant challenges for recycling due to its complex structure. The EU Horizon project MERLIN has focused on developing cost-efficient and high-performance solutions for sorting, delaminating and recycling multilayer packaging materials.

As the project draws to an end, policymakers, waste management professionals, packaging manufacturers or researchers involved in plastic recycling and circular economy initiatives are invited to take stock of the project's findings.

INN-PRESSME is a consortium of 27 partners from nine countries helping European SMEs and companies develop bio-based solutions in the packaging, energy, transport and consumer goods sectors.

The project will shortly be holding its final event, bringing together investors, industry, policy makers, clusters, universities and research centres. It will be an opportunity to discuss the project results, technologies, market services and lessons learned, focusing on the innovative test cases.

The ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center will be hosting a Global Eco-Innovation Forum under the heading Global Supply Chains and Climate Change Response for SMEs in ASEM.

The forum is a unique opportunity to explore the latest strategies enabling SMEs to respond to climate change and adapt to global supply chain regulations. ​It will provide insights into supply chain regulations and climate change responses for SMEs and startups.

CIMPA (A CIrcular Multilayer Plastic Approach for value retention of end-of-life multilayer films) is an EU-funded H2020 project working on developing a recycling value chain for post-industrial and post-consumer multilayer films (from food and agricultural applications). 

The project will shortly be holding its final event where it will showcase its key findings. There will also be information on clustering initiatives on circular plastics and recommendations from policy makers, industry leaders, researchers and NGOs on unlocking the potential of plastic film recycling. The event will conclude with an opportunity for networking and a poster session highlighting new technologies which can enhance plastics recycling. 

Brazilian Circular Hotspot will bring together experts and business and government representatives from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities in transitioning to a more circular economy.

As part of the official agenda of the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF), the Brazilian Circular Hotspot will be a landmark in Brazil, inspiring and preparing society for the circular transition.

A tradition since 2019, the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary (BCSDH) organises the Circular Economy Summit every November with the Dutch Embassy in Hungary. This year's conference will focus on the shift to a circular economy and international and domestic best practices.

If your role requires you to lead change, then this conference is for you. It's intended for executives responsible for managing organisational transformation.

Change makers from around the globe will present cutting-edge technologies and strategies to help you deliver better results and generate more value. In her session, Ladeja Godina Košir, founder and Executive Director of Circular Change and Co-Chair of ECESP, will explore three strategies for integrating industries, policies and international partnerships in order to create a circular economy.

The European Commission's DG Environment is organising an online conference exploring Level(s), the EU common language for assessing and measuring the sustainability performance of buildings. It's intended for anyone working in the built environment sector.

The Level(s) foundations conference will enable participants to get informed, get inspired and get started with the EU approach to building sustainably.

Over the last 3 and a half years, the CIRCULAR FoodPack consortium has worked on circular design for flexible packaging. It has demonstrated the various steps required to obtain post-consumer recyclates and shown how to integrate them into new packaging which meets the high standards for food protection and safety.

Attend their final event and see what they learned!

This COP16 side event, organised by the ECESP's Leadership Group on Biodiversity & Climate, will explore the opportunities and anticipated benefits of using the circular economy as a tool for mainstreaming biodiversity in economic sectors.