The EU-funded FRANCESCA project focuses on improving circular design practices and supporting the development of circular business models in the furniture sector.
It has launched two surveys to help steer the creation of a circular design tool and circular business models - furniture companies are asked to give their input!
Servicios Medioambientales de Valencia processes used mattresses into fractions for reuse. Their scalable model produces bales of polyurethane foam and steel which can be used as secondary raw materials.
Theseus H4C is a Horizon project which brings together industry, city authorities and research organisations in order to co-create innovative circular solutions for managing resources, waste, energy, water, infrastructure and networks.
Global Gateway is the EU's strategy to boost smart, clean and secure connections in digital, energy and transport sectors, and to strengthen health, education and research systems across the world.
This session will explore how to promote innovative technologies, business models and strategies for scaling up Global Gateway investments in the circular economy, including waste management, in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
This briefing from the European Environment Agency looks at the links between the circular economy and climate change mitigation. Many reports and studies argue that this link exists, but estimates of its potential diverge greatly. See what the EEA has to say about why that is!
This report proposes a bold new idea for EU waste policy: an EU-wide cap-and-trade system to cut residual municipal waste – the waste that remains after prevention, reuse and recycling.
Instead of pushing waste from landfill to incineration, the proposed scheme would put a binding limit on total residuals, creating a strong incentive for waste prevention, reuse, refill and high-quality recycling.
The report also explains why major mineral and combustion wastes should be treated separately, and outlines how a fair, per-capita system could work in practice across the Member States, supported by robust monitoring and verification.
The European Commission has just adopted new measures to prevent the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear and so curb the resulting mountain of waste. See what the measures entail!
Around a thousand participants and up to 90 speakers will meet in Berlin and exchange ideas for the circular transformation.
The congress will feature panel discussions with high-profile speakers from politics and science, best practices from business, inspiring keynotes on the transformation of our society and many opportunities for networking.
Through this programme, companies can sponsor the local collection and proper sorting of e-waste. This enables EU-based companies operating in Brazil to meet their sustainability obligations.
