The educational project Ecotic Caravan was co-financed by LIFE+ and ran from 2014 to 2016. It aimed to raise awareness about environmental protection and sustainable development by focusing on efficient management of WEEE. The caravan travelled across Romania, organised workshops with school children and was parked in the main squares so that the general public could easily interact.
SuperDrecksKëscht® promotes the creation of an environmentally friendly society that protects its energy and resources, as part of the Luxembourg waste management strategy.
Ecotrel collects and processes waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) across Luxembourg. End-of-life devices are reused or recycled, thereby complying with businesses' CSR requirements and upholding circular economy principles.
ReLondon is a partnership of the Mayor of London and London’s boroughs which aims to improve waste and resource management in the capital and accelerate its transition to a low-carbon circular city.
Generally, it wants to help London waste less and reuse, repair, share and recycle more.
C40 is a global network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities that are united in action to confront the climate crisis.
These mayors are committed to cutting their fair share of emissions in half by 2030. Waste and sustainable materials management can help cities reduce 15-20% of their emissions through reduction, avoidance, recycling, treatment and offsetting.
C40 helps mayors to do this by:
Raising climate ambition through 1.5°C climate action plan support
Building equitable and thriving communities via global and regional programmes
Building a global movement through robust international advocacy and diplomacy
Scaling up climate action and sharing good practices across high-impact sectors
Facilitating access to finance for investment in projects boosting resilience.
Volpy was an all-in-one ethical and environmental innovation on the smartphone market: customers could have their smartphones valued, return them and exchange with others directly through an app.
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.
The “Every Can Counts” programme aims to improve recycling by enabling and encouraging people to recycle drinks cans used outside the home (e.g. workplaces, festivals, tourist locations, etc.).
The CircularLab is an innovation centre, focusing on developing innovative solutions to waste management. Based in La Rioja, it works with universities, technological centres, businesses and public authorities around the world to drive innovation in the circular economy and recycling.
