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ReziProK programme run by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

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ReziProK

ReziProK is a funding programme focusing on a resource-efficient circular economy and innovative product cycles, and is run by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It supports research and development projects which will help reach these goals. The projects seek to close product cycles by developing appropriate business models, design concepts and digital technologies and thus contribute to the implementation of a resource-efficient circular economy.

The projects focus on:

  • Promoting the use of recycled materials
  • Extending or stepping up product use
  • Improving the recyclability of electric vehicles
  • Optimising and expanding remanufacturing
  • General developments on the topic of blockchain.

Climate Change Mitigation through the Circular Economy

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https://www.circle-economy.com/resources/circular-economy-interventions-to-go-be...

Circular economy intervention to go beyond the existing climate action in developing countries

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Circle Economy
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Circle Economy, Shifting Paradigms
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03/2021
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Netherlands

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Commissioned by the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), which advises the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and co-authored by Circle Economy and Shifting Paradigms, this report uncovers the range of socio-economic and environmental co-benefits that circular mitigation interventions can bring to GEF countries of operation.

The report supports strategic advice by the STAP to the GEF and its implementing partners, and helps carve out a role for these bodies in accelerating the transition to a low-carbon circular economy. Its findings will be highly relevant to the development of future GEF projects and programmes across its different focal areas.

Loops#5: A discussion with DACOMAT and FiberEUse!
22 Apr 2021
LOOPS#3: A discussion with DACOMAT and FiberEUse!
Veltha

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Brussels
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Belgium

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Veltha

As the Horizon 2020 research programme becomes Horizon Europe, what better time to witness how great ideas turned into real projects? LOOPS will be the opportunity to show the resulting cutting-edge research, and the change it can bring to our communities. The 22 April episode will focus on smart and circular composite materials.

https://www.fjallraven.com/eu/en-gb/about-fjallraven/materials/wool/recovered-wo...

Fjällräven up-cycles wool as a by-product of the meat industry

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Fjällräven International

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Sweden

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Fjällräven is giving wool waste a second life by using it for innovative purposes, like padding in jackets or backplate in backpacks.

http://aerocircular.green/about-us/

Aerocircular: upcycling end-of-life aircraft parts

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Aerocircular

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Belgium

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Aerocircular provides green, service-only, economical end-of-life aircraft recycling and upcycling services to fleet owners.

RREUSE study tour event website
18 May 2021 to 20 May 2021
Re-use & Repair online study tour for municipalities and public waste companies
RREUSE study tour

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EU

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RREUSE is organising its second online study tour designed to help public authorities implement re-use activities. The tour is tailored for representatives of local, regional and national authorities, municipalities and public waste companies wishing to develop re-use activities in their area using a social enterprise model.

https://kartent.com

KarTent: recyclable cardboard tents for European festivals

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KarTent

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Netherlands

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The Dutch company KarTent has come up with a sustainable solution for the many tents left behind by music festival goers: a cardboard tent, designed to be purchased and transported in bulk to festival sites. After the festival, the company arranges for the tents to be removed and recycled.

Repair my stuff: an online platform for finding professional repairers

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Ireland

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Repairmystuff.ie

Repairmystuff is an online platform based in Ireland which supports, promotes and encourages the repair industry in Ireland.

It promotes a circular economy by providing a free online space for repair companies. It aims to give consumers more options for accessing repair services throughout the country. It also provides consumers with a search tool which suggests service providers according to what needs to be repaired and where in the country the person is located.

Product categories include:

  • clothes and bags
  • monitors, TVs and displays
  • electronics
  • fitness and sports
  • furniture and upholstery
  • large and small appliances
  • lawnmowers and garden machinery
  • leather and shoes
  • musical instruments
  • watches and jewellery
  • others.

Third Circular Economic Report

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https://circulareconomynetwork.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Synthesis_The-third...

Circular Economy Report 2021 in Italy - Focus on the role of circular economy in the transition to climate neutrality

Rapporto sull'Economia Circolare in Italia

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Circular Economy Network; Fondazione per lo sviluppo sostenibile; ENEA
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Circular Economy Network, Fondazione per lo sviluppo sostenibile, ENEA
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03/2021
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Italy

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The Third Circular Economy Report (2021) by the Circular Economy Network and ENEA, besides providing the updated analysis on circular economy in Italy as compared to the main EU countries, includes a focus on the role of circular economy in the transition towards climate neutrality, as well as an update on the most important measures implemented at the national and European levels.

This report updates the analysis on the state of circular economy in Italy, assessing the results achieved in the areas of production, consumption, circular waste management, as well as investments and employment in recycling, repairing and reuse, with a comparison among the main economies in the EU: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Poland.

To read the report in full (in Italian), please click here.

SBS Annual Conference "SMEs as drivers of green growth: Turning challenges into opportunities with standards"
26 May 2021
SMEs as drivers of green growth: Turning challenges into opportunities with standards
SBS Annual Conference 2021

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Small Business Standards

As a partner event of the EU Green Week 2021, this conference will focus on the opportunities and challenges of the circular economy for SMEs and show how standards support the green transition. It will explore possible gaps and barriers of the current standardisation and legislative system. The conference will also highlight the role of data and digital technologies.

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/cms/farnet2/sites/farnet/files/posterconf2019...

Fil&Fab transforms disused fishing nets into pellets to create new plastic products

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Fil & Fab

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Fil&Fab has developed a technique to transform disused end-of-life fishing nets into plastic sheets, which are then used to create a series of new plastic products.

https://amorimcorkcomposites.com/en/

Amorim Cork group: recycling, reusing and reinventing the use of cork

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The Amorim Group

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Portugal

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The Amorim Group is among the cork industry’s world leaders. It has a business unit focused on recycling, reusing, and reinventing the use of cork - alone or mixed with other raw materials - in the generation of new products and applications (construction, footwear, aerospace, railways, etc.).

https://www.sigurec.ro/en/

SIGUREC: Smart machines for recyclable waste

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Green Group

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SIGUREC is the most advanced household waste collection service currently operating in Romania. It is a broad initiative, implemented following an official agreement between private companies and public authorities.

http://www.millorquenou.cat

Millor que nou - Repaired to be better than new

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Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)
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The “Millor que nou” (Better than new) campaign is an initiative from the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) that started in 2009. It provides people with free support services and access to repair shops, so that they can learn how to repair appliances and objects.

https://betterworldfashion.com/

Better World Fashion is circular fashion: 98% reuse - 100% unique

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Better World Fashion

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Denmark

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Better World Fashion produces new quality products from waste materials. Their primary material, leather, is from discarded post-consumer products collected by NGOs.

https://www.atelierefarafrontiere.ro

Ateliere Fără Frontiere: refurbishing computers so children can keep learning

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Ateliere Fără Frontiere

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Ateliere Fără Frontiere is a social enterprise fighting against the exclusion, marginalisation and discrimination of the most disadvantaged categories of people, and acting for their social and professional integration.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sd.2113

European environment policy for the circular economy: Implications for business and industry stakeholders

European environment policy for the circular economy

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ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Mark Anthony Camilleri
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08/2020
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United Kingdom

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EU institutions and agencies are increasingly raising awareness about the circular economy agenda. They are encouraging marketplace stakeholders to engage in sustainable production and consumption by reducing, reusing, restoring, refurbishing and recycling resources throughout their value chain.

This research evaluates the latest European environmental policies including the new circular economy plans for a cleaner and more competitive Europe. It then goes on to present a systematic literature review focused on the circular economy in the EU context. The findings suggest that there are a number of opportunities and challenges for the successful planning, organisation, implementation and measurement of circular economy practices.

The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra: leading the way to a circular economy

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Kari Herlevi Contact details

The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra is a future fund collaborating with partners to research, trial and implement bold ideas that shape the future. It aims to make Finland a pioneer in sustainable well-being.

Since 2015, Sitra has been working to lead the way to a circular economy – a new kind of society in which everyday lives and well-being are no longer based on excessive consumption and fossil fuel use.

Currently, Sitra’s work focuses on supporting a fair transition to a circular economy and investigating how business can be based on sharing instead of ownership. Sitra is also working to advance circular trade policies, to increase the understanding of environmental effects of digitisation and to explore the potential of the circular economy to safeguard biodiversity.

Circular4.0
24 Feb 2021
CIRCULAR4.0 Online Study Tour - Optimal Use with Digital Technologies
Circular4.0

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EU Interreg Alpine Space Project CIRCULAR4.0 takes you on a virtual study tour on Optimal Use Business Models in a Circular Economy.

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