Up2Circ is an international project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme. The overall aim is to help European SMEs go circular.
The project assists SMEs: there are awareness-raising and training modules and information on how to apply for EU funding. The platform has prepared a catalogue of its success stories.
The platform is also building a network of stakeholders: people with access to many SMEs, expertise in a given sector and/or the circular economy, advanced technologies or social innovation. These people will have access to Up2Circ's tools for helping SMEs.
The website also has information on circular events. The project organisers have experience with assisting SMEs; with this project they are focusing on the circular dimension.
The Horizon Europe POLYMEER project aims to establish a sustainable bio-based value chain for bioplastic products. By efficiently converting wet brewers’ spent grain into high added value materials, it is endeavouring to diversify the array of innovative material solutions capable of replacing traditional plastics.
The report presents the progress the Commission has made in implementing the 2022 strategy for the outermost regions. It shows that the Commission has delivered on its commitment to reflect the outermost regions’ characteristics in legislative proposals, policy initiatives and programmes.
The outermost regions have high potential to develop circular economy solutions. Cohesion policy supports circular economy development there. Both the ERDF and Interreg support waste management and recycling, for instance in Réunion with EUR 18 million of ERDF funding dedicated to the circular economy. Outermost regions also benefit from support under the LIFE programme. Several of these regions have designed circular strategies, such as the Circular Economy Conference of the Azores.
CIRCULÉIRE, Ireland's National Platform for Circular Innovation, will be holding its annual conference under the banner The Future of Business is Circular.
The conference will focus on Pathways to 2030 decarbonisation, Building future markets and Showcasing industrial circularity. It will bring together leaders in climate innovation, policy and government to discuss circular advancement in Ireland.
This paper reviews digital tools that support the transition to a circular economy in the built environment.
It explores how computer-aided design, building information modeling and computational plugins can assist architects and engineers in creating more sustainable buildings. While Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) remains the main approach for evaluating environmental impacts, the study highlights other methods and tools that can help assess circular design strategies, such as computational methods to design with reused elements and circularity indicators. The paper identifies both the strengths and limitations of these digital tools.
This research is useful to academics and to practitioners designing buildings aligned with circular economy principles.
Are you interested in seeing how the circular bioeconomy can drive the development of sustainable agri-food systems across rural and urban areas in the EU? The EESC is organising a webinar on this very issue - hear what they have to say and ask your questions!
The 29th ReNess Conference on Shaping the Transformation – Instruments and Levers for the Implementation of a Competitive Circular Economy will focus on the macroeconomic potential of the circular economy.
The UNLOCK project focuses on turning waste feathers into products for the agricultural industry, such as mulch film. It is organising a networking event focusing on advancing the circular economy within the agricultural sector. Come and discuss the benefits of feathers!
Nordic Circular Summit 2024 is the biggest conference on the circular economy in the Nordic region and an official World Circular Economy Forum Side Event. It will focus on the enterprise of circular economy. Can entrepreneurs and startups close the Nordic circular economy gaps? Come and find out!
It's a five-day event dedicated to the circular economy and sustainable development, with a rich programme of sessions and the main event: European Sustainability Congress 2024. Some sessions are hybrid or online.
