Räubersachen (robbers' loot in German) applies the concept of product-as-a-service to baby clothes. It provides parents with ecological woollen alternatives by refurbishing unneeded baby and toddler clothes and renting them out.
On the 24th of May, C&A Foundation, together with Ecopreneur.EU hosted a Circular Fashion Policy Lab in Brussels at the European Economic and Social Committee in the context of the Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform. The purpose of the event was to bring together representatives from across the fashion industry to discuss key policy measures to make a meaningful impact for a green economy.
Printer cartridges are seen as a single-use product by printer and cartridge Original Equipment Manufacturers. The DKWU Network is working to change that.
The Catalan Government considers that public procurement should be used as an instrument to support strategic policies in the transition towards the circular economy.
The German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) is a central knowledge platform for sustainable building. It provides the world’s most advanced sustainable building certification system which makes circular economy aspects measurable and assessable.
Following the business model of a sustainable repair shop, R.U.S.Z is a social business which started in 1998 as a work integration social enterprise for long-term unemployed persons.
The Basque Ecodesign Center aims to help ensure that the Basque Country is on the front line of eco-design and a benchmark throughout the European Union, supporting SMEs and developing technical projects, new business ideas and training activities.
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Municipality of Rotterdam worked with KWS Infra and Arizona Chemical to deploy recycled asphalt. The process utilised a "rejuvenator" using raw material extracted from pine tree by-products.
