Local initiatives exemplify the power of entrepreneurship and grassroots action in expediting the shift to closed-loop plastics value chains. How can we leverage the potential of local circular plastics initiatives in driving the worldwide transition to a circular economy? This hybrid event is an accelerator session of the World Circular Economy Forum 2023.
The construction of buildings and infrastructure and the planning of the built environment have a significant influence on the environment and climate. Local initiatives demonstrate the powerful effects of entrepreneurship and proximity in catalysing grassroots change. At the same time, fostering collaboration between local and regional initiatives can help to increase impact and inspire others. How can local initiatives play a role in the global transition to a circular economy?
This event is an accelerator session of the World Circular Economy Forum 2023 and will take place on 1 June at 14:00 - 14:50 EEST (13:00 – 13:50 CEST) at Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Helsinki, and online.
UIPI’s Renovation Tour is back! This time it will focus on helping property owners and professionals in Emilia Romagna to ride the Renovation Wave and participate in the New European Bauhaus. It will take place in Bologna, Italy, on 24 and 25 May 2023.
Join this session on 25 May 2023 from 10:30 to 11:30 CEST to catch up with the DEFINITE-CCRI project and the Project Development Assistance services offered to cities and project owners to develop bankable circular economy projects and secure financing.
On 24 May, the HOOP project will share insights from the delivery of Project Development Assistance to eight cities and regions aiming to increase the circularity of biowaste.
A new initiative, CircularInvest, approved under the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI), aims to help circular projects become investment-ready and access funding.
The short "Making Your Project Investment-Ready - Project Pitching Session" on 17 May 2023 at 11:00 CEST will provide a snapshot of CircularInvest’s free project development assistance services and details on the first call for expressions of interest through which circular project promoters can apply to access these services.
The event will also give participants the opportunity to get acquainted with one of CircularInvest’s services and prepare them to pitch their circular economy projects to investors.
This in-person event in Brussels on the morning of 17 May will explore some of Europe’s best practices on waste prevention, implemented by coastal municipalities and regions.
It will bring together local actors behind these best practices and representatives from Brussels, in order to better understand how local actions can inform key forthcoming legislative decisions on plastic production, use and waste.
Going Green – CARE INNOVATION 2023 will provide a platform for presenting up-to-date progress on the circular economy and the development of resource-efficient electr(on)ic products and services.
This international symposium on 8-11 May 2023 will compare the three major economic regions - Europe, America and Asia - in the presence of high-level speakers from global electr(on)ic and recycling companies, research institutes and environmental & consumer organisations.
Leading industrialists, research directors, environmental experts and scientists will analyse the state of play regarding:
producer responsibility
environmentally-friendly electr(on)ic & automotive product development
resource scarcity and criticality
clean production, green marketing, logistics and end-of-life strategies.
Through a wide range of presentations, the contribution of the electr(on)ic & automotive industry to sustainable development in general will be discussed, and the necessary products, technologies and services will be identified.
Many consumer products pose significant waste management challenges and end up in landfill or incinerators. Using findings from an European Environment Agency study, the event "Headache fractions in mixed municipal waste" on 11 May will discuss these issues and what needs to change to increase recycling and promote circularity.
In the conference "Circular Procurement: time to scale up!" in Brussels on 11 May 2023, the Interreg ProCirc partners invite public and private procurers, circular procurement experts, (sustainability) managers from procuring organisations, value chain representatives, and national and EU policy makers on Circular Economy and Procurement to learn from their experience, and together explore how to scale up. Throughout the day there is ample opportunity to meet, discuss, and share thoughts on circular opportunities and challenges.
