This briefing from the European Environment Agency looks at the links between the circular economy and climate change mitigation. Many reports and studies argue that this link exists, but estimates of its potential diverge greatly. See what the EEA has to say about why that is!
This report proposes a bold new idea for EU waste policy: an EU-wide cap-and-trade system to cut residual municipal waste – the waste that remains after prevention, reuse and recycling.
Instead of pushing waste from landfill to incineration, the proposed scheme would put a binding limit on total residuals, creating a strong incentive for waste prevention, reuse, refill and high-quality recycling.
The report also explains why major mineral and combustion wastes should be treated separately, and outlines how a fair, per-capita system could work in practice across the Member States, supported by robust monitoring and verification.
The FertiCovery project focuses on nutrient recovery and the production of fertilisers from biowaste, manure and wastewater.
This workshop will look at the upscaling potential of the 25 technologies assessed by the project and examine the regulatory frameworks governing them, including barriers and enablers.
Green Pulse is a European service provider enabling the structured resale and reuse of decommissioned medical equipment from hospitals.
Through a transparent digital sales infrastructure and verified global buyer network, they ensure that equipment remains safely in clinical use worldwide.
Save the date: Circular Week 2026 take place 26-31 October. This conference will bring together cities, practitioners, researchers, businesses, citizens and policymakers working on circular and climate-resilient urban transformation.
The RevHydro project aims to accelerate the integration of circular economy principles into hydropower plant operations and design an innovative fish barrier and guidance system.
The CEI BOOST project is linking up digitalisation and the circular economy in order to enable circular business models and accelerate the transition towards a sustainable circular economy. It focuses on specific policy instruments in nine countries and aims to improve them.
The RECREATE project aims to come up with innovative technologies which will turn end-of-life composite waste into useful feedstock.
This conference will explore trends in the EU composites market and highlight applications across sectors such as automotive, wind energy, aerospace, transport, construction, naval industries and sports.
The SUINK project aims to design and implement sustainable, flexible and printable self-charging power systems to supply power to a wide range of sensors for the automotive industry.
This webinar will present their printed, recyclable piezoelectric harvesting system designed to harvest electrical energy from mechanical vibrations, a printed bio-based supercapacitor for energy storage and the SUINK self-charging power system.
