Over the last three weeks, we've added items on:

News:

• A new, rapid biodegradation test for plastic materials
• The ECESP is getting ready to select a new Coordination Group. A good opportunity for your organisation?
• Ask the Expert session on unlocking SME access to finance for circularity actions
• Stakeholder Day on 5 June: a resounding success!
• Urban mining - turning waste into strategic resources
• Eurostat data: what does it show us about waste and the circular economy?
• LIFE Awards 2025: see which LIFE projects were considered to give a remarkable contribution to the circular economy!
• Ask the Expert session on enabling SMEs to identify cost effective circularity actions
• Looking for circular practices in the Western Balkan region!
• Circular Economy Awards: the Western Balkans Circular Economy Hub is taking applications!
• Taranto CirTech | Call4Ideas

Events:

• Mission Circular – Extending Product Life Together
• Accelerating Circularity and Competitiveness in Europe through Product-as-a-Service
• Breaking barriers: behavioural change strategies for circular economy implementation
• Building a Greener Future: Circular Economy Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation in the Built Environment
• 2nd World Summit on Renewable Energy & Green Chemistry
• Leveraging EU expertise to support circular economy business transition and build mutually beneficial partnerships in partner countries
• Supply Chain and Circular Economy in Offshore Contracting
• Towards sustainable and circular textiles: opportunities for addressing fibre fragmentation in apparel production
• Circular solutions powered by cooperation: Interreg’s role in building a competitive and sustainable Europe
• Capacity building for chemical traceability in textile value chain: Workshop 3: Experience first-hand - gain new insights
• Mainstreaming Circularity: Empowering Citizens for the Transition
• A new competitive space: Natural resources in a volatile world
• How can biowaste drive EU policy: learning from EU projects on biowaste regulations and valorisation routes
• Circular solutions in horticulture: How sustainable production and efficient operations work hand in hand
• Get your circular solutions reach maturity and investment readiness – Introduction to key advisory services
• Asia-Pacific Circular Economy Roundtable & Hotspot
• The CCRI Twinning Programme is open for applications!
• Unlocking the potential of circular economy with AI-powered platforms
• Social innovation for and acceptance of circular systemic solutions
• Scaling up circular economy solutions: from pilots to replication
• Reconciling sovereignty, competitiveness and green industrialisation: circular solutions for a competitive Europe
• The 3Cs of Circularity: who’s really winning?
• Circular Economy Hotspot Slovenia 2025

Good Practices:

• HÅVA: highly efficient shrimp farming
• Carbon Expert: helping companies prove that their business models meet carbon credit standards
• CirkArena: an R&D centre promoting the circular economy

Knowledge:

• 'FATBAS' Agriculture Drives and Regenerative Agriculture Mitigates Climate Change

Education:

• Summer School on circular building and sustainable construction materials

Strategies:

• Circular Deal for Secondary Construction Materials

ECESP Coordination Group Activity

• Revising the EU Bioeconomy Strategy - Aligning the Circular Economy and the Bioeconomy at EU and National Level
• EPR schemes: Current state and recommendations for improvement
• Revising the EU Bioeconomy Strategy - Aligning the Circular Economy and the Bioeconomy at EU and National Level

European circular economy platforms and networks:

• HOOP Urban Circular Bioeconomy Hub
• European Deposit Return Systems Association (EDRSA)