The International Plastics Recycling Seminar, PLASREC, is a benchmark event for professionals in the recycling industry. It will feature over 20 presentations by internationally renowned experts who will address the key challenges, technological advances and regulatory frameworks shaping the plastics recycling sector.
Tiana has created a reliable marketplace for used IT components. The goal is to promote repair, upgrade and reuse of computers, thereby helping reduce the mountain of waste generated by the IT industry.
International Repair Day 2025 will focus on software obsolescence. Whether you’re a repairer, community organiser, tinkerer, maker, repair business, campaigner or simply a fan of fixing, there are lots of ways you can join in the activities!
Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency hosts an annual Circular Economy Conference to discuss priority topics and highlight the opportunities and challenges in transitioning to a circular economy in Ireland.
This year's event will focus on topical areas, such as the forthcoming EU Circular Economy Act, making circular models more competitive and extended producer responsibility in priority sectors. Through ‘Local Circular Solutions’ presentations, enterprises will showcase their circular business models.
The ECESP held the second Circular Economy Days at the World Expo 2025, with nine events over three days in five national pavilions in Osaka, Japan. This international series of events aimed to foster dialogue and collaboration among European and Japanese practitioners, policymakers, businesses and innovators in the circular economy. The session recordings are now available!
International E-Waste Day on 14 October will focus on Critical Raw Materials, the elements that are mined in only a handful of countries and are crucial to foster the green and digital transition.
Organisations, municipalities, schools, businesses and individuals are invited to get involved!
The WEEE Forum aimed to formulate recommendations on potential future targets for WEEE collection and on the method for calculating the collection rate which would foster the circular economy.
This study accordingly conducted a comprehensive assessment of current WEEE collection rate calculation methodologies and proposes a new approach for setting WEEE collection targets in the EU. It took a multi-phase approach, including data collection, model development and sensitivity analysis. Interviews with experts and stakeholders were also carried out to validate assumptions and explore new target-setting approaches.
The study concludes that the WEEE generated method is preferable to the current POM (put on the market)-based collection target.
Tuta, a German-based quantum-safe encrypted email and calendar provider, runs its operations with an eye to resource efficiency. It compresses user data for efficient storage and avoids replacing hardware unless actually necessary.
Germany's National Circular Economy Strategy adopts a strategic vision focused on reducing the consumption of primary raw materials. This approach is guided by the proposal from the International Resource Panel, under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which sets a global target of 6-8 tonnes of raw material consumption per capita per year by 2050.
The strategy considers every stage of the cycle: product design, material selection, production, maximising the use phase and, finally, reuse and recycling. It aims to prevent waste from being created in the first place. This can be achieved through smart product design, efficient manufacturing, extended product lifespans, easier repairability and maximising the recycling of all materials.
The MANTRA project, funded by the EU under Horizon Europe, aims to accelerate the green and digital transformation of manufacturing SMEs in Europe by promoting advanced technologies and social innovation.
They have three open calls: for Manufacturing SMEs, Tech-savy SMEs and External Evaluators.
