The European Circular Cities Declaration is designed to help accelerate the transition from a linear to a circular economy in Europe, and thereby create a resource-efficient, low-carbon and socially responsible society.
It aims to:
Allow local and regional governments across Europe to communicate their commitment to supporting the circular transition.
Provide a shared vision of what a “circular city” is.
Underline the critical role which local and regional governments need to play in making this transition happen.
Establish a network of committed organisations to share their experiences, challenges and successes.
For more information on the declaration, please click here.
CIRCULÉIRE is Ireland’s National Platform for Circular Manufacturing. It aims to help deliver circular business model innovation by unlocking the value that resides in an Irish circular economy.
It is an industry-led public-private partnership with 25 Founding Industry Members (MNCs and SMEs alike) which aim to become circular economy exemplars in Ireland.
The platform has an innovation fund dedicated to implementing systems-level innovation demonstration projects. It has developed various tools to help businesses go circular: the Circular Economy Infographic, the Circular Maturity Model and the Circularity Action Plan.
CIRCULÉIRE has also set up the CE knowledge library, a collection of good practices.
Wallenius Water Innovation is a Swedish clean-tech company that works with UV light to prevent bacterial growth in metalworking fluids. The non-toxic solution secures long-lasting process fluids without using hazardous biocides. In this way, fluids can more easily be reused in the installation rather than be disposed.
SECOND HAND COUNTS is a market survey on second-hand clothes in the EU. It aims to provide facts needed for decision making on second-hand clothes both in general and on a country by country basis for all EU countries plus the United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland.
Post consumer High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) products are bought back, disassembled after cleaning and sanitation process, and then shredded by Jcoplastic. The secondary raw material obtained is analysed and characterised, then extruded for reusing in a new production cycle.
