07 Feb 2018
The Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) aims to enable greater cooperation among public and private-sector organizations to close the production-consumption loop.
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Innovation and investments
Giving plastic bottles a second life through “Bottle-to-Bottle” in Rostock
Every year in Rostock, Veolia converts 1 billion PET drinks bottles into so-called recyclate from which preforms/bottles can again be manufactured.
Turning coffee by-product into green energy
This joint venture is a successful and genuine example of a short circuit circular loop where Veolia and Jacobs Douwe Egberts developed a solution to use spent coffee grounds from the plant’s production process to produce steam.
02 Feb 2018
Less than a tenth of the billions of tonnes of resources pumped into the global economy every year are reused, and this waste incurs a huge economic, environmental, and social cost.
02 Feb 2018
Time to radically rethink fashion.
02 Feb 2018
The future of our environment may seem bleak, but a growing movement believe a circular economy is the future.
ReMade in Italy: how to measure the circularity in a product
ReMade in Italy® is the first certification scheme accredited in Italy to verify the content of recycled materials in a product.
Basque Ecodesign Center
The Basque Ecodesign Center (BEdC) is based in the Basque Country and structured as a partnership framework between private firms, the main industrial clusters, and the Basque Government through the public agencies Ihobe and Spri. The objective of the BEdC is to help ensure that the Basque Country is an advanced region in the field of ecodesign and a benchmark throughout the European Union.
36 Circular Economy Demonstration Projects in the Basque Country
The Circular Economy Demonstration Projects programme was launched in 2014 and has been repeated yearly, having developed 36 projects by 2016.
LIFE RECYPACK: public-private waste management for commercial plastic packaging
The LIFE RECYPACK project will implement a new public-private waste management project for commercial plastic packages in line with the circular economy criteria.
24 Jan 2018
Study on the benefits case for remanufacturing.
23 Jan 2018
Circular economy for modern growth: EU and the Baltics
22 Jan 2018
CNBC: There’s a new type of economy in town
23 Jan 2018
The BAMB stakeholder network annual meeting will take place on 23 January 2018.
16 Jan 2018
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, is launching a new website section dedicated to circular economy.
16 Jan 2018
The Circular Economy Mapping Week has reached 60 cities.
15 Jan 2018
The Circulars: the People’s Choice Award
23 Jan 2018
New report: How circular is our world today?
10 May 2018 to 11 May 2018
The third edition of the Circular Change Conference will be a two-day interactive stream of indoor and outdoor events.
The Circular Phone
The Circular Phone Report
The Circular Phone report provides practical answers to common financing pitfalls for circular businesses, using Fairphone as the real-life example.
So far, businesses striving to implement “Product-as-a-Service” models have had the challenge of reconciling the need to find financing parties with the complexities of their own business model.
To achieve a financeable model for the Circular Fairphone Service, the Community of Practice created a blueprint for Fairphone’s business model. Through the creation of a legal template – a 1st Circular Service Contract - and a financial cash flow tool, the group has proven that the gap between the businesses and financiers can be bridged.
08 Jan 2018
The European Commission approves Greek auction scheme for renewable electricity.
22 Dec 2017
Developing fully-recyclable food packaging with enhanced gas barrier properties and new functionalities using high performance coatings.
21 Dec 2017
Two years after the adoption of EU Circular Economy Package in December 2015, more than half of the initiatives included in the Action Plan have been delivered. To discuss upcoming deliverables, explore new areas of action and share the first achievements of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, the Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee will host a Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference on 20-21 February in Brussels.
20 Dec 2017
There is growing optimism about the potential of the circular economy as a new model for sustainable growth in developing countries.
18 Dec 2017
A look beyond the EU's circular economy package by Nick Molho on Euractiv.com.
Screen-lab: establishing a new reference framework to support H2020/ESIF synergies in Regions
SCREEN is a Horizon 2020 project covering 17 European regions.
It aims at defining a replicable systemic approach towards a transition to Circular Economy in EU regions within the context of the Smart Specialization Strategy. The project also deals with the identification and implementation of operational synergies between investments in research and innovation under Horizon 2020, the Structural Funds and the European Investment Funds.
14 Dec 2017
The finalists for the Circular Economy Leadership Award Circulars 2018 have been nominated.
12 Dec 2017
Circular Glasgow, hosted by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, will connect with companies across the city helping them to open up new revenue streams, increase competitive advantage and realise financial savings using a range of practical tools.
PolyStyreneLoop project: pioneer demonstration plant to treat up to 3300 tonnes of polystyrene waste/yr as of 2018
The PolyStyreneLoop Cooperative is the European EPS/XPS industry’s closed loop solution for the recycling of polystyrene (PS) insulation foam waste.
This project employs a ground-breaking technology to dissolve PS foam waste while also allowing for the extraction and recovery of bromine from the restricted flame retardant chemical, HBCD, which can then be used again in the production.
VinylPlus®: the Voluntary Sustainable Development Programme of the European PVC industry
VinylPlus® is the renewed ten-year Voluntary Commitment to Sustainable Development by the European PVC industry. It was developed through dialogue with stakeholders. The scheme delivers concrete results in the use of additives, traceability, collection and recycling.