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OCCE

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The OCCE is a Brussels-based federation that provides support for European investors, territories and innovators in the field of circular economy.

For investors, the OCCE can provide a link between investors/investment companies and the EU/EIB with a view to accessing funding. For territories, the OCCE supports regions, communities and local actors in becoming promoters of innovation, which can then be transformed into CE investments, jobs and industrial success stories. For SMEs, start-ups and project leaders, it can provide support and knowledge, primarily with regard to the EU's financial support mechanisms. And for its members, by sharing its international networks, the OCCE allows them to integrate an international dimension into their projects.

 

Free Webinar instead of NetWorkshop on Circular Cities > Town > Villages and Municipal Utilities
01 Apr 2020
Webinar: Circular Economy on the city level

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Virtual
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Germany

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German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt - DBU), Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)

Join this webinar to learn about the relevance of Circular Economy for cities, the role and approaches of EU regulation, as well as specific opportunities/challenges that municipalities may face when “going circular”.

It replaces the postponed NetWorkshop on Circular Cities>Towns>Villages and Municipal Utilities due to take place on 1-2 April. 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Clothing-Store/Parapluiestandupcycling-1...

One-woman's initiative in Belgium transforms broken umbrellas into raincapes and bags

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Parapluiestandupcycling

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Belgium

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Our industries and our current way of life make us produce more and more in an "ephemeral" way. We throw away big amounts of raw materials that we could easily reuse and launch back in the circular economy.

Parapluiestandupcycling decided to retrieve the fabric of broken umbrellas and to create a utility garment out of it.

2020 Report on the circular economy in Italy

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https://circulareconomynetwork.it/rapporto-economia-circolare-2020/

2020 Report on the circular economy in Italy, with a focus on the bioeconomy

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Circular Economy Network
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Circular Economy Network (CEN) in collaboration with ENEA and Fondazione Sviluppo Sostenibile
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03/2020
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Italy

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Laura Cutaia
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Camille Aneris
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The 2020 Report on the Circular Economy in Italy, developed by CEN (Circular Economy Network) in collaboration with ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development) and Fondazione Sviluppo Sostenibile, analyses the state of play of the circular economy in Italy with, this year, a particular focus on the bioeconomy.

The report was presented during the 2nd National Conference on the Circular Economy livestreamed on 19 Marchfrom Rome. It was introduced by Edo Ronchi, President of CEN, and Roberto Morabito, Director of the Department for Sustainability, ENEA, and President of the Italian Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ICESP).

For a slide presentation of the report, click on the speakers Ronchi and Morabito.

http://www.platirus.eu

PLATIRUS project - meeting the PGM (Platinum Group Metals) supply gap by recovering materials from secondary resources

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Fundacion Technalia Research & Innovation

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Spain

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The PLATIRUS project seeks to address the European shortage of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) by recovering PGMs from alternative secondary resources. It has the potential to offer a substitute for a large proportion of these critical raw materials which are becoming ever more scarce.

Circular Materials Conference
18 Mar 2020 to 20 Mar 2020
Circular Materials Conference

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Gothenborg
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Sweden

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Nordic Publishing

On 17 and 18 March 2020 the Circular Materials Conference invites you to reimagine materials with the help of emerging technologies and novel collaborations to create a circular future together.

https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/fr/ETV4INNOVATION

ETV4Innovation for Environmental technology verification

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Environmental Technology Verification (ETV)

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Ireland

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Environmental technology verification

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ETV4INNOVATION is a two-and-a-half-year long European Commission funded vocational education and training Strategic Partnership project under Erasmus+ programme. It has been designed with the aim to support the development and the implementation of an innovative practice and a new training path in the field of Environmental Technology Verification (ETV).

https://www.antwerpenmorgen.be/projecten/circular-south/over

Circular South, Antwerp: community-driven sustainable area, with the help of smart technologies

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City of Antwerp

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Belgium

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In 2018, the City of Antwerp kick-started the Circular South project. The aim is to encourage more efficient use of energy, water, waste and materials by the citizens of the New South district of Antwerp through an innovative community-driven approach.

https://www.vlaanderen-circulair.be/en/retrospect

Overview Circular Flanders: a 2017-2019 retrospective

Circular Flanders
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Circular Flanders
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03/2020
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Belgium

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Veerle Labeeuw
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This retrospective report is a review of the plans set out by Circular Flanders in the Kick-off Statement.

The most important finding? A good deal more was accomplished than initially anticipated. For example, the opportunity to launch three Open Calls, permitting the funding of over 130 innovative circular economy projects. The Green Deal on Circular Construction was also an unprecedented opportunity, as was the complementary reinforcement of the OVAM team of experts in ecodesign and area-specific operations, allowing the scope to expand.

This retrospective report is an interactive PDF. External links to downloads or online resources have been embedded on each project page for easy accessibility.

http://www.ree4eu.eu/

REE4EU: exploring novel technologies to reclaim Rare Earth Elements from waste streams

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SINTEF AS

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Other (Norway)

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Expertise in technology, medicine and the social sciences

Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are considered as "key enablers" of green technologies. However, they are also the elements with the highest supply risk.
The EU funded project REE4EU has developed processes that may help to regain REEs from RE-containing waste streams.

Conferenza Nazionale sull’Economia Circolare EDIZIONE 2020
19 Mar 2020
2nd National Conference on the Circular Economy: 2020 Report on the circular economy in Italy

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Rome
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Italy

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Circular Economy Network

The national conference on the Circular Economy is scheduled for March 19 in Rome and will be livestreamed. Developed in collaboration with ENEA, it will show the 2020 Report on the circular economy in Italy with a focus on the regenerative bioeconomy.

The live streaming of the Conference is available here.

https://www.sintef.no/en/projects/cabriss-implementation-of-a-circular-economy-b...

CABRISS: pioneering reusing and recovering Indium, Silicon and Silver materials for photovoltaic industry and other applications

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SINTEF

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The EU-funded CABRISS project aims at pioneering a circular economy dedicated to handling the critical situation of recycling the considerable amount of photovoltaic waste for the photovoltaic, but also for the electronic and glass industry.

Kick-off workshop: EU’s Global Leadership in Renewables
09 Mar 2020
Study on EU's Global Leadership in Renewables - Kick-off meeting

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Brussels
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Belgium

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CEPS

CEPS, in cooperation with COWI, Prognos and CapGemini, is launching a new study for the European Commission’s DG Energy on the EU’s Global Leadership in Renewables.

http://www.re4.eu

RE4 project: designing solutions for circular buildings, integrating recycled materials from construction and demolition waste

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CETMA - Centro di Ricerche Europeo di Tecnologie Design e Materiali

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The EU-funded RE4 project has developed prefabricated energy-efficient building concepts containing up to 85 % of recycled materials and reused structures from construction and demolition waste (DMW).

https://foretica.org/proyectos-y-soluciones/grupo-de-accion-de-economia-circular...

Circular Economy Business Action Group

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Forética
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Spain

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The Business Action Group was created with the aim of transposing the latest international trends, generating further knowledge and collaborating with the public administration regarding potential circular economy national strategies.

Circular economy: how to measure when we have no measure?
03 Mar 2020
Circular economy: how to measure when we have no measure?
Circular economy: how to measure when we have no measure?

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EMOS - European Master in Official Statistics

This webinar will outline a framework to classify indicators according to the measurement characteristics of the circular economy, but also provide an alternative pathway to monitor the circular economy.

https://govtech.gov.pt/projects/222

Laundry by RacionaLUSO

Local water recovery and reuse, Individual treatment of reuse water, EAS Projectos, Water reuse and energy recovery
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EAS Projectos
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Portugal

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RacionaLUSO offers a compact system that meets the recently-introduced Portuguese quality legislation for water reuse. With the availability of just 2m2, the system can treat 15m3 of water per day with a recovery efficiency of 80 % of water and 45.6 % of energy (thermal).

Loi anti-gaspillage - Dossier de presse

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https://www.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr/loi-anti-gaspillage

A French act of law against waste and for a circular economy

Loi anti-gaspillage
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Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire
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02/2020
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France

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This French act of law contains about 50 measures providing for:

  • new obligations with the creation of new producer responsibility sectors to include new product families in the circular economy (toys, sports and do-it-yourself equipment, building materials, cigarette butts, sanitary textiles);
  • new prohibitions on single-use plastics and to fight waste of food and non-food unsold products;
  • new tools to better control and sanction offences against the environment (greater power for mayors to combat littering and illegal dumping), to support companies in their eco-design initiatives (bonus/malus-type incentives) and to assist citizens in new consumption practices (repairability index, information on environment and health impacts of products, harmonisation of info on sorting, etc.).

Chambers for a Circular Economy

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http://www.eurochambres.eu/Content/Default.asp?PageID=1&DocID=8402

Chambers for a Circular Economy - Actions to Support SMEs' Transition to a Circular Economy

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Valerio Burlizzi, Clemens Rosenmayr
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02/2020
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Valerio Burlizzi
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Clemens Rosenmayr
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"Chambers for a Circular Economy - Actions to Support SMEs' Transition to a Circular Economy" aims to offer a clear overview of the wide range of initiatives led or co-managed by Chambers in the field of the Circular Economy, with the intention not only to inform and share innovative actions, but also to spur and motivate synergies, triggering collaborations and the creation of new business models. The aim of each and every of these projects is to enable businesses to evolve from a linear to a circular mode of production and consumption.

This publication presents a total of 32 projects initiated or co-led by Chambers in 13 countries, and categorized under 5 main topics:

  • certification,
  • circular skills,
  • cooperation,
  • reuse & recycle and
  • waste prevention.
European Meetings on Circular Economy and Climate Protection - The future of Plastics in our society
20 Apr 2020 to 22 Apr 2020
European Meetings on Circular Economy and Climate Protection - The future of Plastics in our society
OCCE - Event - Rome, Italy

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Rome
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Organization for Climate and Circular Economy

This conference in Rome offers an exchange platform for discussing best practices and latest developments and solutions in the circular economy and climate field.

Connecting local agricultural supply chains through insect farming

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IPIFF Factsheet - Insect farming in upcycling food waste into high quality animal feed

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International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed
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International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed
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02/2020
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Constantin Muraru - Communication Manager
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Up to 90 million tonnes of food are wasted every year in the EU, half of which is generated at production and/or processing stage.

Being highly versatile and efficient, insects can bio-transform many of these materials (before they become "waste") into a wide range of higher-value products and ingredients that can further be included into the food and feed chains. Their added value goes beyond that of an alternative feed ingredient.

The lower Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) of insects confirms their efficacy, but also their ability to concentrate lower value materials into ingredients of superior quality, such as proteins and lipids, in line with the natural nutritional needs of aquaculture, poultry or swine.

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