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As well as strengthening resilience and improving resource efficiency, the circular economy can help cities tackle pressing challenges around housing, construction, mobility, water, food, public services and local industry. 

The Circular City Centre - C3 offers two free advisory programmes for cities: apply by 30 June! 

The European Reuse Barometer provides key insights for companies, policymakers and industry stakeholders working toward a circular economy.

If your business is in the reuse and refill industry, complete the survey and add to the body of data informing EU and national policy discussions!

The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking is a €2 billion partnership between the EU and the Bio-based Industries Consortium that funds projects advancing competitive circular bio-based industries in Europe. 

See the details of the new call for project proposals!

EIT Jumpstarter is a seven-month pre-acceleration programme for early-stage innovators in 22+ countries. It's designed to turn ideas into successful businesses through training, mentoring and funding.

Fields include innovative solutions for recovering and reusing materials from secondary sources to support a circular economy. Apply by 8 May!

The MAGNO project aims to promote the adoption of solutions reducing the impact of plastic food packaging pollution in ecosystems.

In order to achieve this, it is designing ecosystem digital twin software which enables innovative ideas to be tested and refined before being implemented in the real world. 

Myteria is an early-stage biomaterials initiative from the Netherlands developing circular interior panels grown from mycelium and locally sourced agricultural residues. 

It rethinks how materials are made: instead of extracting and processing, they grow them using nature’s own binding system.

Looking for projects developed by students from universities and vocational training centres across Europe!

Projects must demonstrate innovation in business models, products, services or industrial processes under circular economy criteria, and have real potential to develop new business opportunities.

This petition calls for a change to the current EU policy which allows imported plastic waste to count toward European recycling targets, creating a gap between reported progress and real circularity. 

Is this how you feel? Then sign the petition!

The Vlerick Business School is running a paid four-day course on Transforming to sustainable business. It focuses on embedding ESG into your organisation and developing sustainability-driven business opportunities.