This is the fourth edition of the strategic environmental monitoring reports that the Basque Ecodesign Center produces based on the knowledge acquired through its monitoring system.
The report compiles the latest regulatory and market developments driving the transition towards a decarbonised, more circular economy and explores how they are relevant to the value chains in which the Basque Ecodesign Center’s partner companies operate.
It identifies new standards and recognised methodologies that are relevant to those chains and identifies ten key challenges for the circular economy for 2026, such as security of supply and self sufficiency of materials as keys to competitiveness and circularity in the new geopolitical context.
REFRESH is a European project aiming to develop and demonstrate a novel circular, smart system enabling improved recycling of glass fibre reinforced composites derived from wind turbine dismantling or reblading.
This event will show how they are progressing towards this goal.
The Circular Industry Coalition, led by Circul’R and CEA ISEC with the support of the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, brings together nine major industrial companies to address the growing systemic risks facing European industry.
After a year of collective work, the coalition has published a report highlighting the limits of the linear model and positioning a strong circular economy as a strategic lever for competitiveness, resilience and industrial sovereignty.
The report provides a shared assessment of industrial vulnerabilities and an operational roadmap to accelerate circular transformation at scale.
This project has developed an alternative tooling process based on recyclable thermoplastic materials and large-scale additive manufacturing combined with milling.
This innovative process has drastically reduced the materials needed and the waste generated.
On 31 March, the EU Ecolabel, in conjunction with the ECESP, organised an EU Circular Talk on how the EU Ecolabel acts as a ready-to-use tool helping businesses deliver circularity, meet rising legislative expectations, and gain a competitive edge across EU markets.
Scaling up the circular public procurement of phones, laptops and workwear would clearly have significant benefits. Find out about opportunities and barriers when it comes to fostering value chain collaboration in the public procurement of ICT and phones.
Cradle to Cradle®️ has always used detailed and verified information on material lifecycles and circular flows. What's changing now is how those data can be used by digital tools and artificial intelligence.
Find out why a trustworthy certification scheme is so important for users being steered by AI tools.
This EU Circular Talk edition explored how the EU Ecolabel acts as a ready-to-use tool helping businesses deliver circularity, meet rising legislative expectations, and gain a competitive edge across EU markets. Check the full article to access the recording and presentations.
The EU Circular Economy Resource Centre (EU CERC) has published a call for tenders intended to prepare policymakers and the private sector in EU CERC partner countries for the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation. Read all about it!
