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Association for Farmers Rights Defence (AFRD): making the most of agricultural residues
Tbilisi
Other
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Energy and waste-to-energy, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Social impact, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
AFRD Linkedin profile
Georgia
Biopolus: a modular urban hub combining wastewater treatment, resource recovery, renewable energy generation and urban farming
Budapest
Hungary
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Awareness raising, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
BioMakery
47.481378772239, 19.130303
Re-Glass: recycling all types of glass
Hungary
Ceramics and Glass, Recycling
Good practice
Re-Glass
BIO2CHP: developing on-site plants that can convert raw organic waste into electricity and heat
Greece
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Energy and waste-to-energy
Good practice
BIO2CHP
Biogas Thrace S.A.: setting up biogas plants to generate green energy and fertiliser from organic waste streams
Greece
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Energy and waste-to-energy
Good practice
Biogas Thrace S.A.
Le Pavé®: manufacturing construction and design materials from plastic waste
France
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Le Pavé
Maximum: making furniture from industry surplus and rejects
Paris
France
Furniture, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
Maximum
48.858873622069, 2.3470341
Knauf Circular®: keeping expanded polystyrene circulating
France
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Packaging, Recycling
Good practice
Knauf Circular®
AFYREN: manufacturing industrial molecules from sugar beet by-products
Carling Saint-Avold
France
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Cement, Steel, Chemicals
Good practice
AFYREN
49.167454016665, 6.7138937
Neular: turning contaminated plastic waste into hard wearing outdoor infrastructure
Tallinn
Estonia
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Neular
59.471901597615, 24.73823885
EstPak Plastik AS: manufacturing food packaging from recycled PET
Harjumaa
Estonia
Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
EstPak Plastik
59.347814227272, 24.8426005
Faerch: turning used food packaging into new food packaging
Holstebro
Denmark
Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Reuse
Good practice
Faerch
56.360998478186, 8.63637385
ReKáva: treating spent coffee grounds as a valuable resource
Prague
Czechia
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Food, water and nutrients, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
ReKáva
50.059884584545, 14.4656836
Replast Produkt: manufacturing hard wearing products from recycled PVC cable
Czechia
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Replast Produkt
49.741824468325, 13.3719704
rPET InWaste, s.r.o.: enabling PET 'bottle to bottle' recycling
Czechia
B2B services, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
rPET InWaste
49.186087201356, 16.38647595
Nord Holding: recovering waste for use as secondary raw materials
Bulgaria
Mining, metals and minerals, Recycling
Good practice
Nord Holding
TexCycle: extending the lifecycle of textiles through reuse, recycling and energy recovery
Varna
Bulgaria
Energy and waste-to-energy, Recycling, Reuse, Social impact, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
TexCycle
43.204930796779, 27.94290855
REvive Alhaurín: promoting the circular economy at community level
Alhaurin de la Torre
Spain
Behavioural incentives, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
REvive Alhaurin
36.659222661607, -4.5711023
ORIGINS: a Digital Product Passport platform making ESPR and PPWR compliance reachable
Rotterdam
Netherlands
B2B services, Batteries and Vehicles, Digital Product Passport, Governance, Packaging, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
AKT-ORIGINS
51.928006656338, 4.49066015
Biomyc: developing tailored products from mycelium composite
Sofia
Bulgaria
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Packaging, Research
Good practice
biomyc
42.695500806574, 23.3239467
Polycert Europe: harmonising certification schemes for recycled content in polymer-based products
Brussels
Belgium
B2B services, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
PolyCert Europe
50.855159740158, 4.37541655
Inrego: keeping IT devices circulating
Täby
Sweden
B2B services, Electronics and ICT, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
Inrego
59.463144804901, 18.06680755
Miogas: supplying biodigesters to turn organic waste into biogas and fertiliser
Madrid
Spain
Behavioural incentives, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Energy and waste-to-energy, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
Miogas
40.438072163754, -3.67953665
Recyberica Ambiental S.L.: recovering components from WEEE
Spain
Electronics and ICT, Mining, metals and minerals, Reuse, Social impact, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Recyberica Ambiental
40.438072163754, -3.67953665
Biograda: converting biowaste into energy and biochar
Slovakia
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Empowering Consumers, Energy and waste-to-energy, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
Biograda
48.136017934457, 17.11584905
RetuRO: Romania's national deposit system for single-use soft and alcoholic drinks packaging
Romania
Digital solutions, Packaging, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
RetuRO
EcoX: turning used cooking oil into detergent – and reusing the bottles it's sold in!
Portugal
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Food, water and nutrients, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Reuse
Good practice
EcoX
40.552778053439, -8.6989427
Rebread: turning leftover bread into valuable resources
Poland
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Food, water and nutrients, Recycling
Good practice
Rebread
EcoService: insulating your house with waste paper!
Kielce
Poland
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling
Good practice
EcoService
50.854230050432, 20.61557435
Loopfront: a web-based platform facilitating reuse by organisations
Other
B2B services, Digital solutions, Reuse
Good practice
Loopfront
Norway
59.893961602579, 10.7851165
NoPalm Ingredients: producing fats and oils without stripping the land
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Food, water and nutrients, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
NoPalm Ingredients
51.968568483069, 5.66509325
Paques Biomaterials: scaling up production of biopolymers made from organic waste
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Paques Biomaterials
52.906440238608, 5.5985397
Studio Wae: reusing waste materials – with style!
Netherlands
Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling, Reuse
Good practice
Studio Wae
52.061821132997, 5.1889528
Plantics: making bio-based resins and materials from plant waste
Arnhem
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Personal and household goods, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
Plantics
Nordsol: on-site plants which convert biogas into biofuel
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Energy and waste-to-energy
Good practice
Nordsol
52.061821132997, 5.1889528
Elemental Group: recovering strategic metals through urban mining
Luxembourg
Batteries and Vehicles, Industrial techniques, Mining, metals and minerals, Recycling, Reuse
Good practice
Elemental Group
TEXTALE: working towards a 100% circular textile economy in Lithuania
Lithuania
B2B services, Governance, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
TEXTALE
54.700821431777, 25.25302885
Balticfloc: from waste paper to insulation, pet bedding and mulch
Cesis
Latvia
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), Recycling
Good practice
Balticfloc
57.313172395618, 25.2665412
REBATTEX: Facilitating reuse of electric vehicle batteries
Stockholm
Sweden
Batteries and Vehicles, Digital solutions, Reuse
Good practice
REBATTEX
59.343757226792, 18.0698134
Lexio: Digital rental management to extend vehicle lifespan and cut fleet oversizing
Paris
France
Digital solutions, Mobility and transport, Product as a Service
Good practice
Lexio Rent
48.858873622069, 2.3470341
Getliņi EKO: producing electricity and heat from landfill gases
Ropaži
Latvia
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Energy and waste-to-energy, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Getliņi EKO
56.968862397051, 24.6395734
B-Plas: using sewage sludge as a raw material for biopolymers
Lugo
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
B-Plas and the circular economy
44.476432325239, 11.91161865
SYNCRETIX: helping organisations factor in circular principles
Poland
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Education and skills, Governance, Housing and Urban development, Innovation and investment
Good practice
SYNCRETIX
50.297881906298, 18.676387375125
FIXNOW: Glass-only smartphone screen repair which retains the functional display
Antwerp and Wolvertem
Belgium
Electronics and ICT, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
FIXNOW: iPhone glass or full screen replacement?
51.218195269764, 4.40469395
EICHLER GmbH: Repair of obsolete industrial electronics and automation technology
Pürgen
Germany
B2B services, Electronics and ICT, Industrial techniques, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
eichler-service.com
48.012822917645, 10.9259256
Vorarlberg Environmental Festival: a circular approach to event organisation!
Dornbirn
Austria
Behavioural incentives, Culture, Sports and Leisure activities, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Reuse, Social impact
Good practice
About the festival
47.482584431006, 9.626855
OrigoVero: a per-unit Digital Product Passport that makes reuse, repair and recycling trustworthy
Almere
Netherlands
Batteries and Vehicles, Clothing and Fashion industry, Digital Product Passport, Electronics and ICT, Reuse
Good practice
OrigoVero
52.387673220612, 5.1839117
TracePass: AI-assisted Digital Product Passport platform for EU SME manufacturers
Sofia
Bulgaria
B2B services, Digital Product Passport, Empowering Consumers
Good practice
TracePass
42.695500806574, 23.3239467
Cirtrace: helping companies cope with the technical hurdles involved in rolling out DPPs
İstanbul
Other
B2B services, Batteries and Vehicles, Digital Product Passport, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Cirtrace
Türkiye
Rice Tab: from agricultural waste to boards for use in interior design and furniture
Pontevedra
Spain
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Furniture, Recover, Regenerative economy, Recycling
Good practice
Rice Tab
42.434137118545, -8.6203459767674
VA TechTrade: a buy-back and refurbishment model for consumer tech
Tullamore
Ireland
Electronics and ICT, Reuse
Good practice
VA TechTrade
53.273801893749, -7.4932399676431
Techem Re-Use Centre: promoting a resource-efficient approach to metering devices
Eschborn
Germany
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Machinery and Equipment, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
Techem Sustainability Reports
50.121145882966, 8.49550195
OneFamily.uno: A platform promoting family-like sharing
Bamberg + Bucharest
Germany, Romania
Behavioural incentives, Digital solutions, Education and skills, Innovation and investment, Product as a Service, Reuse
Good practice
OneFamily.uno
49.90881386345, 10.883950512891
Flexireo: a service steering unsold apparel, clothing accessories and footwear away from disposal
Tallinn
Estonia
Clothing and Fashion industry, Digital solutions, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Flexireo: how non-conformity disposition works
59.436903476892, 24.5596185
Verisav: open semantic standards and tools for EU Digital Product Passports, repair and circular compliance
Beychac-et-Caillau
France
B2B services, Digital Product Passport, Electronics and ICT, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Verisav — open DPP vocabularies and tools
44.874354315811, -0.37232004999998
APARO: Operational software infrastructure for textile circularity
Mannheim
Germany
Digital solutions, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
APARO
49.489534968587, 8.4729346
BIOPYRANIA: advanced bio-based materials for circular value chains in e-mobility and green hydrogen
Batteries and Vehicles, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Energy and waste-to-energy, Research
Good practice
BIOPYRANIA project
Tarım Plast Factory: using recycled plastic to make efficient drip irrigation pipes
Bursa
Other
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
Tarım Plast Factory presentation
Türkiye
40.189634913729, 29.070577501297
Traceable Digital: Self-service DPP platform for EU SME manufacturers
Delhi
Other
B2B services, Batteries and Vehicles, Digital Product Passport, Product as a Service, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Digital Product Passport platform
India
PRIMED: circular and regenerative bio-based value chains. First results
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Recover, Regenerative economy
Good practice
PRIMED project
The TOOL4LIFE project: Demonstrating a circular approach to composite tooling in the automotive sector
Italy
Circular design, Mobility and transport, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
TOOL4LIFE
44.688009698412, 10.010849
How the EU Ecolabel is making progress in the hospitality industry - and proving a definite asset
Brest
France
Circular action for climate neutrality, Culture, Sports and Leisure activities, Empowering Consumers
Good practice
EU Ecolabel press release
Signify Circle: making the lighting sector circular
Netherlands
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Product as a Service, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
Signify Circle
DPPSkop: a Digital Product Passport solution for global exporters
Bursa
Other
Batteries and Vehicles, Clothing and Fashion industry, Digital Product Passport, Empowering Consumers, Governance
Good practice
DPPskop Digital Product Passport Platform
Türkiye
40.221700048484, 29.0322895
Orbio: a digital marketplace enabling industrial symbiosis
Portugal
B2B services, Industrial symbiosis
Good practice
Orbio
ROSECO: reusing and recycling textile waste in Romania
Cluj
Romania
B2B services, Recycling, Reuse, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
ROSECO SRL
46.770439, 23.591423
Proton Mail: data centres which are designed to use fewer resources
Switzerland
Digital solutions
Good practice
Proton Mail
Servicios Medioambientales de Valencia: from mattresses to secondary raw materials
Valencia
Spain
Personal and household goods, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
SMV
39.501563, -0.340096
Theseus H4C: The first Hub for Circularity in Greece, turning circular innovation into practice
Greece
Energy and waste-to-energy, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
Theseus H4C
i-Foria Italia: recycling absorbent hygiene products
Pescara
Italy
Industrial techniques, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
i-Foria Italia
42.464828714534, 14.2124915
Green Pulse: creating a transparent circular market for medical equipment in Europe
Netherlands
Health and healthcare, Machinery and Equipment, Reuse
Good practice
Green Pulse
RevHydro: making hydropower more sustainable and circular
France, Germany, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland
Circular design, Energy and waste-to-energy, Innovation and investment, Water
Good practice
RevHydro project
CEI BOOST: linking up digitalisation and circularity
Bulgaria, Finland, France, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden
Digital solutions, Governance, Innovation and investment
Good practice
CEI BOOST
46.750515466882, 23.53968145
Ecobraz's Adote um Bairro (Adopt a Neighborhood) programme
Other
Governance, Social impact, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Ecobraz
Brazil
Berlin's Zero Waste Agency: strengthening circularity
Berlin
Germany
B2B services, Behavioural incentives, Public services, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
Zero Waste Agency
52.47928352068, 13.4322706
Natura Mater: advising construction professionals on sustainable and circular materials
Brussels
Belgium
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Education and skills
Good practice
Natura Mater
Fibenol: biomaterials from wood residue
Tallinn
Estonia
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Chemical management, Industrial techniques
Good practice
Fibenol
REkrabička: deposit-based food packaging
Czechia
B2B services, Behavioural incentives, Packaging, Product as a Service
Good practice
REkrabička
Eco Bio® Croatia: making biopolymers from foodwaste
Zagreb
Croatia
B2B services, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
Eco Bio® Croatia
Cupffee: a tasty alternative to single-use plastic and paper cups
Plovdiv
Bulgaria
B2B services, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Food, water and nutrients
Good practice
Cupffee
Growingpaper: recycled and plantable printed material
Schijndel
Netherlands
B2B services, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), Recycling, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Growingpaper
51.607919570042, 5.4641258
Latvia is becoming more circular thanks to its work on the 'Waste To Resources Latvia' project
Riga
Latvia
Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Governance, Recycling, Reuse, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Project website
56.9496, 24.1052
RE-PLAN CITY LIFE project: promoting the use of recycled tyre materials
EU
Behavioural incentives, Education and skills, Measuring circularity, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
Project website
EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub
EU
Behavioural incentives, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Empowering Consumers, Food, water and nutrients, Governance, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
FLWP Hub website
Interactive collection of businesses based in the Region of Murcia which are driving the circular economy
Murcia
Spain
Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Energy and waste-to-energy, Health and healthcare, Mobility and transport, Water
Good practice
Catalogue of good practices
Circular ReBoundary: A new online resource for circular economy professionals
B2B services, Business incubators, Startups, Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Mobility and transport
Good practice
Circular ReBoundary
Tech4Biowaste database of technologies for bio-waste utilisation
EU
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Digital solutions, Recycling, Research
Good practice
Tech4Biowaste database
Cradle to Cradle Certified®: a standard for assessing the circularity and sustainability performance of materials and products
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Circular design, Measuring circularity
Good practice
Cradle to Cradle Certified®
CityLoops: promoting circularity in the CDW and biowaste sectors
EU
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Governance, Public procurement, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
CityLoops
The COLLECTORS project: identifying good practices in waste collection and sorting
EU
Electronics and ICT, Empowering Consumers, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
COLLECTORS website
Circular.ie: tips and tricks on how to adopt circular behaviour
Ireland
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Circular design, Empowering Consumers, Personal and household goods
Good practice
Circular.ie hub
ROOTS project: regeneration of origins through sustainability
Monteviale
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Awareness raising, Circular action for climate neutrality, Education and skills, Social impact, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
ROOTS project
The Product Circularity Data Sheet (PCDS) – ISO 59040
Luxembourg
Circular action for climate neutrality
Good practice
Terra Matters
Tiana: a circular IT components marketplace
Trencin
Slovakia
Electronics and ICT, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Retail
Good practice
Tiana s.r.o.
48.901736868205, 18.03177695
Nordic Sustainable Construction: creating and sharing knowledge across the Nordic region and beyond
Denmark
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Governance
Good practice
Nordic Sustainable Construction
CIRC Hub platform: practical resources and innovative approaches to teaching about the circular economy
Italy
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Education and skills, Social impact
Good practice
The Circular City Hub Platform
RECLAIM Project: deploying the world’s first autonomous, portable robotic material recovery plant for remote areas
EU
Digital solutions, Industrial techniques, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Project report
3R-BioPhosphate Ltd: Pioneering zero emission and energy independent pyrolysis and nutrient recovery
Kajászó
Hungary
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Industrial symbiosis, Recover, Regenerative economy, Refineries, Water
Good practice
BioPhosphate
47.30670667312, 18.723790347576
Naturalmat: mattresses designed for reuse and recycling
Devon
United Kingdom
Circular design, Furniture, Personal and household goods, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Naturalmat
Coffee!UP: cascade recycling of spent coffee grounds and coffee capsules
Prague
Czechia
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Coffee!UP
UtilDeco: combining circular textiles and direct social impact
Miroslava, Iasi
Romania
Digital Product Passport, Product as a Service, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
UtilDeco Group SRL
47.190179443228, 27.477974701316
The PROMOFER project: making biobased compounds more efficiently
EU
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Research
Good practice
PROMOFER project
Tuta Mail & Tuta Calendar: a resource efficient tech company
Hanover
Germany
Electronics and ICT, Empowering Consumers, Energy and waste-to-energy, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Tuta Mail
52.367017120596, 9.72066225
CirkArena: an R&D centre promoting the circular economy
Třinec
Czechia
Mining, metals and minerals, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
CirkArena
Carbon Expert: helping companies prove that their business models meet carbon credit standards
Romania
Awareness raising, B2B services, Economic instruments, Innovation and investment
Good practice
Carbon Expert
HÅVA: highly efficient shrimp farming
Söderköping
Sweden
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Food, water and nutrients, Industrial symbiosis, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
HÅVA
IMERO: AI-supported product labelling for food and cosmetics
Germany
B2B services, Digital solutions, Packaging
Good practice
IMERO
Measurlabs: a one-stop shop for all the laboratory tests needed to develop sustainable products
Helsinki
Finland
B2B services, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Packaging, Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI)
Good practice
Measurlabs
Lifestyle Test: An app empowering individuals to embrace circular and sustainable living
Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Digital solutions, Social impact
Good practice
PSLifestyle
e-label.eu: digital labels which provide all the information needed for proper disposal
Halle (Saale)
Germany
B2B services, Digital solutions, Food, water and nutrients, Packaging, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
e-label.eu
51.479140619949, 11.9788465
Insect Farm Hub: a one-stop shop for learning how to farm black soldier flies
Finland
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, B2B services, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Business incubators, Startups, Circular design, Digital solutions, Education and skills
Good practice
Insect Farm Hub
EKOFOM: a new technology from INGENITEX for producing bra cups with recycled foam
London
United Kingdom
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Research, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
EKOFOM
UP Scorecard: a tool for assessing the impacts of food packaging on human and environmental health
Other
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Corporate Procurement, Digital solutions, Measuring circularity, Packaging
Good practice
UP Scorecard
United States
Automotive Circularity Platform: From Automotive to Automotive: an ecosystem approach for closed loop end-of-life vehicle recycling
Other
B2B services, Batteries and Vehicles, Circular design, Digital solutions, Recycling
Good practice
Novelis
Global
Circular economy in the Healthcare Sector in Catalonia
Barcelona
Spain
Circular action for climate neutrality, Health and healthcare, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Club EMAS
41.387775913994, 2.1591761
Stokarti: making use of surplus assets
Istanbul
Other
B2B services, Digital solutions, Machinery and Equipment, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Retail
Good practice
Stokarti
Türkiye
AIMPLAS: a tool enabling people to get to grips with the Digital Product Passport for plastic products
Valencia
Spain
Digital Product Passport, Empowering Consumers, Innovation and investment, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Research
Good practice
AIMPLAS press release
CircuLaw: Rules and regulations for a circular economy
Netherlands
Awareness raising, Digital solutions, Education and skills, Governance
Good practice
CircuLaw
The Green Growth project: integrating the circular economy into the European construction sector
Spain, Belgium, Germany, Slovenia, Italy
Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Education and skills
Good practice
The Green Growth project
Zirkularrak: Circular Basque Products Exhibition
Spain
Awareness raising, B2B services, Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Circular design, Empowering Consumers, Mining, metals and minerals, Retail
Good practice
Zirkularrak
Recycling Albania's Circular Economy Park: promoting sustainable resource management
Fushe-Kruje
Other
Behavioural incentives, Circular design, Education and skills, Empowering Consumers, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social impact
Good practice
Recycling Albania
Albania
41.472595597004, 19.750447313343
Re:inventex: mechanical textile waste recycling in Ukraine
Irpin
Other
Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Re:inventex
Ukraine
50.534683469288, 30.2481479
Building Circular Economy Capacities in the Western Balkans: a capacity-building programme
Wuppertal
Germany
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Governance, Public services
Good practice
Building Circular Economy Capacities in Western Balkans
Petshka: recycling polyester waste
Lansargues
France
Industrial symbiosis, Innovation and investment, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Petshka
43.646617965147, 4.0774027
Le Marché: using fibres from agricultural waste and recycled textiles to make clothing
Lahore
Other
B2B services, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Le Marché presentation leaflet
Pakistan
TCO Certified stands for environmentally and socially responsible IT purchases
Stockholm
Sweden
B2B services, Circular design, Corporate Procurement, Electronics and ICT, Measuring circularity, Public procurement
Good practice
TCO Certified
RedGirraffe ESG Horizon: Going circular requires data
London
United Kingdom
B2B services, Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Digital solutions, Measuring circularity
Good practice
RedGirraffe ESG Horizon
51.505991214332, -0.11259913444519
Maiano Re-Lab: using secondary raw materials from the textiles industry
Capalle
Italy
B2B services, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Furniture, Industrial symbiosis, Packaging, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Maiano Re-Lab: The future of circular textile innovation
43.844392565252, 11.12152065
RE-ZIP: reusable packaging for e-commerce
Aarhus
Denmark
B2B services, Circular design, Digital solutions, Packaging, Product as a Service, Reuse
Good practice
RE-ZIP
56.204702623726, 10.18856505
The BOTTLE4FLEX project: developing 100% recyclable food packaging
Spain
Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research
Good practice
BOTTLE4FLEX project
ECOFAP project: tanned leather waste+3D printing=soles and heels
Valencia
Spain
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Clothing and Fashion industry, Digital solutions, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Aimplas: ECOFAP project
39.547083713113, -0.45697275
GIND's BIO DILE™ joint filler: produces less waste and lasts longer!
Hafrsfjord
Other
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Industrial techniques, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
GIND
Norway
58.973001076401, 5.61253845
Revivack: promoting the circular economy by enabling efficient product recovery
Spain
B2B services, Behavioural incentives, Circular design, Digital solutions
Good practice
Revivack
Adastra used IoT data to track the plastic waste recycling process
Czechia
Digital solutions, Governance, Innovation and investment, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Adastra | Success Story
50.069482568972, 14.467941
BAUHALPS - Circular construction in the Alpine Space
Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland
Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Research
Good practice
BAUHALPS
incommon: creating circular neighbourhoods from the bottom up
Athens and Thessaloniki
Greece
Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
incommon | Circular Neighborhood
40.64010021363, 22.95180305
Renewaball: circular tennis and padel balls
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Culture, Sports and Leisure activities
Good practice
Renewaball
SUSTAINair: circular economy for the aviation and aerospace sectors
EU
Circular design, Industrial techniques, Machinery and Equipment, Mobility and transport, Research
Good practice
SUSTAINair project
POLYMEER: transforming brewers' waste into bioplastics
Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Innovation and investment, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
POLYMEER project press release
The purman® project: exploring ways to use waste PU foam as a secondary raw material
Gyongyos
Hungary
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Purman - innovative recycling
47.764231017492, 19.92199305
CHEERS project: a new biorefinery model for the brewery industry
Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Industrial techniques, Research
Good practice
CHEERS project
40.410721113544, -3.7040731568317
SCALE-UP project: community-driven bioeconomy development
EU
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, B2B services, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients, Recover, Regenerative economy, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
SCALE-UP project
RECERCO project: fired ceramic tile waste as a secondary raw material
Spain
Ceramics and Glass, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
AIMPLAS press release on the RECERCO project
PRIMUS: Developing high performing recyclates
Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain
Batteries and Vehicles, Education and skills, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
PRIMUS website
Usody: enabling the reuse and recycling of electrical and electronic equipment
B2B services, Electronics and ICT, Recycling, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Usody
Resourceful Cities: developing urban resource centres to serve as catalysts of the local circular economy
The Hague
Belgium, Croatia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Other
Awareness raising, Circular design, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Resourceful Cities
Norway
Hailia: making good use of fisheries sidestreams
Karkkila
Finland
Circular design, Food, water and nutrients, Industrial symbiosis, Innovation and investment, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Hailia - Enabling the Blue Food Revolution
60.51862932809, 24.24258235
REFLOW project (constRuctive mEtabolic processes For materiaL flOWs in urban and peri-urban environments across Europe)
France, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Italy
Digital solutions, Education and skills, Energy and waste-to-energy, Food, water and nutrients, Governance, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recover, Regenerative economy, Recycling, Research, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
REFLOW project
SISTERS project: Systemic innovations for a sustainable reduction of European food wastage
Spain
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Empowering Consumers, Food, water and nutrients, Packaging, Recover, Regenerative economy, Research
Good practice
SISTERS project
GLOPACK project: food packaging with no environmental footprint and the ability to extend the shelf life of food products
EU
Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients, Industrial symbiosis, Innovation and investment, Packaging, Recover, Regenerative economy, Research
Good practice
GLOPAK
FISSAC project: Fostering Industrial Symbiosis for a Sustainable resource intensive industry Across the extended construction value Chain
EU
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Industrial symbiosis, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
FISSAC project
CircE Project (European regions toward Circular Economy)
EU
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Electronics and ICT, Governance, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
CircE project
CIRCWASTE and PlastLIFE: a Finnish platform providing a wealth of useful information
Finland
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Circular design, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research
Good practice
CIRCWASTE and PlastLIFE platform
Green Deal ARV: creating Climate Positive Circular Communities in Europe
Brussels, Belgium
Belgium
Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Housing and Urban development, Social impact
Good practice
The Green Deal ARV project
50.82731556949, 4.3600337
LOOP-Ports: driving circularity in the port sector
Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain
B2B services, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Research
Good practice
LOOP-Ports project
TEXroad: collecting data to drive circularity in textiles
Zwolle
Netherlands
Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Digital solutions, Measuring circularity, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
TEXroad
SYMBA project: innovative industrial symbiosis in the bio-based industrial ecosystem
Naples
Italy
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Digital solutions, Industrial symbiosis, Research
Good practice
SYMBA project
40.853613337136, 14.24300525
SURFTOP Project: facilitating the use of recycled and renewable materials in the automotive sector
Spain
Batteries and Vehicles, Recycling, Research, Reuse
Good practice
AIMPLAS press release on the SURFTOP project
Corbion AlgaPrime™ DHA for feed and food: a sustainable and circular option in nutrients production
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Energy and waste-to-energy, Food, water and nutrients
Good practice
Sustainable production of plant-based omega-3 by Corbion
52.376990220604, 4.9170659
FOODY EU: using circular and sustainable food practices to unlock NEET youth's entrepreneurial skills
Italy
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Education and skills, Food, water and nutrients, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
FOODY EU
Just Go Zero: how the Greek island of Tilos became a certified 'Zero Waste' City
Tilos, Greece
Greece
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Tilos - Just Go Zero
BUILD-LIMONENE: making construction materials from industrial CO2 emissions and citrus peels
Spain
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Industrial techniques, Innovation and investment, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Research
Good practice
Press release on the BUILD-LIMONENE initiative
39.547083713113, -0.45697275
Sustainable Estimatics: enabling insurers to track the emissions produced by car insurance claims
Other
B2B services, Batteries and Vehicles, Circular action for climate neutrality, Digital solutions, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Sustainable Estimatics
America
JC-Electronics: a global actor in refurbished industrial electronics
Leek
Netherlands
Education and skills, Electronics and ICT, Industrial techniques, Machinery and Equipment, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
JC-Electronics - New and refurbished parts
BIOBUILD: bio-based solutions to bolster the energy efficiency of buildings
EU
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Housing and Urban development, Recycling
Good practice
BIOBUILD
The EDUCIRC project: The circular economy as a development model for the Republic of Serbia
Other
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Governance, Measuring circularity, Research
Good practice
EDUCIRC2022 | Circular economy in Serbia
Serbia
45.227425066007, 19.85152685
e-SAFE: tackling the need to renovate the EU's housing stock
Italy, Austria, Greece, Netherlands, Other
Circular design, Housing and Urban development, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
e-SAFE project
Turkey
Dutch Register of Electronic Equipment Repairers
Woerden
Netherlands
Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Digital solutions, Electronics and ICT, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Nationaal Reparateursregister
52.076687620382, 4.8968174
Green Deal Circular Festivals: striving for a circular and climate neutral festival industry
Netherlands
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Circular design, Culture, Sports and Leisure activities, Energy and waste-to-energy, Measuring circularity, Power and utilities, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Reuse, Social impact, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Circular Festivals
52.237083143043, 5.27937025
KOMA Modular: Modular buildings which follow the Build, Refurbish, Dismantle, Rebuild concept
Vizovice
Czechia
Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Industrial techniques
Good practice
KOMA Modular website
49.212046768405, 17.8630764
Sensoneo, smart and cost-effective waste management solutions from Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovakia
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Sensoneo | Global leader in smart waste solutions
48.155265767733, 17.073492
Gees Recycling: traceability of products made from fibre-reinforced composites
Budoia
Italy
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Industrial techniques, Recycling, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
INTERREG project description
46.040668788884, 12.54002955
Swapp! - Buy the amount you actually need, in a reusable container
Lublin
Poland
Electronics and ICT
Good practice
Swapp! website
51.21817571503, 22.5637702
Circularity in the automotive industry: Stellantis has made circularity part of its business model
Headquarters in Amsterdam
Batteries and Vehicles, Circular design, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Stellantis and the Circular Economy
52.101985386895, 22
Eco Repair ScoreⓇ: a solution for informed and environmentally friendly vehicle repair choices
Belgium
Batteries and Vehicles, Circular action for climate neutrality, Corporate Procurement, Digital solutions, Empowering Consumers, Industrial techniques, Measuring circularity, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Eco Repair ScoreⓇ
51.123004519697, 4.0940774
CuCilento: turning by-products into shopping bags
Ceraso
Italy
Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Retail, Reuse, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Cucilento
40.193054413417, 15.2113428
BRILIAN: Promoting the transition to bio-based economies in rural areas
Spain
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
BRILIAN website
DiCE - Digital Health in the Circular Economy
Belgium
Circular design, Health and healthcare, Recycling, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Digital Health in the Circular Economy (DiCE)
RecycAI: recovering fabric waste to make heavy-duty bags
Other
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
RecycAl
Albania
Gravity Wave: From ocean plastic to furniture and recycled raw materials
Calpe
Spain
Awareness raising, B2B services, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Gravity Wave, plastic-free oceans
38.651609866425, 0.04835475000001
Knof Institute for Creative Development - a social enterprise
Krško
Slovenia
Awareness raising, B2B services, Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Furniture, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Knof's website
Arteinborsa: upcycling old banners into fashion accessories, with a hint of history and culture
Lesignano de' Bagni (Parma)
Italy
Circular design
Good practice
Arteinborsa
44.800571767396, 10.328350587342
MixMatters: Smart and flexible separation and valorisation of mixed bio-waste from the agri-food value chain
Spain
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Industrial techniques, Innovation and investment, Machinery and Equipment, Recover, Regenerative economy, Recycling, Research, Social impact, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
MixMatters website
WREP scheme: Pilot project for recycling post-consumer PVC articles
Milan
Italy
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
WREP 2024 review
45.74378419011, 11.86197
ELLIPSE: Efficient and novel reuse of organic waste streams
Spain
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Awareness raising, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Packaging, Personal and household goods, Recover, Regenerative economy, Research
Good practice
ELLIPSE website
Skanska and Cyrkl join forces to endeavour to recover 96% of materials from the Merkuria building in Prague
Prague
Czechia
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Merkuria Deconstruction Project
49.578645408682, 14.4656239
ReLearn: artificial intelligence helping organisations to improve recycling rates
Turin
Italy
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Innovation and investment, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
ReLearn site
45.07183746592, 7.67357825
CircEUlar: understanding the dynamics and levers for societal transformation towards a net-zero emission circular economy
Austria
Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Research, Social impact, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
CircEUlar project
Siptex: A pioneering textile sorting technology for increased circularity
Malmö
Sweden
Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Siptex
55.35857395585, 13.02978665068
Jeanologia: denim garments with a close-to-zero water and chemicals footprint
Valencia
Spain
Chemical management, Clothing and Fashion industry, Industrial techniques, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Textiles, apparel and leather, Water
Good practice
Jeanologia #MissionZero
39.504217311333, -0.41004203259945
A Digital Label for proper disposal of packaging waste
Bologna
Italy
Circular action for climate neutrality, Digital solutions, Empowering Consumers, Packaging, Recycling
Good practice
Digital Label (ED)
44.505809915609, 11.3658601
Arany Kapu: valorising winemaking byproducts from nearly 300 Hungarian vineyards
Kunfehértó
Hungary
Other
Good practice
Arany Kapu
viticultural distillery
46.354932696689, 19.41338045
REEPRODUCE: Dismantling and recycling rare earth elements from end-of-life products
Trondheim
Other
Mining, metals and minerals, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
REEPRODUCE
Norway
63.413470531731, 10.40911725
Re:Lab AB: converting research lab plastic consumables into carbon monoxide and hydrogen
VIimmerby
Sweden
Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research
Good practice
Re:Lab AB
57.738642026364, 15.730355480604
COAG: composting in Catalonia
Spain
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry
Good practice
COAG Agriculture
41.600820140386, 0.4552268
tExtended: an innovative approach to recycling textiles waste
València
Spain
Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
AIMPLAS collaborates in a new European project to make blueprint for reducing t…
52.101985386895, 22
H2020 project PEACOC
EU, Other
Circular action for climate neutrality, Recycling, Research, Reuse, Social impact, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
PEACOC
Turkey
Upcycle your office with IMPACT Furniture
Belgium
B2B services, Furniture, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
IMPACT Furniture by Oxfam
50.915930730675, 4.4240994543623
2022 Edition of the Circular Navarre Catalogue
Pamplona-Navarra
Spain
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Awareness raising, Batteries and Vehicles, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Digital solutions, Electronics and ICT, Food, water and nutrients, Furniture, Machinery and Equipment, Mobility and transport, Packaging, Recycling, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Reuse, Soils, soil improvement and restoration, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
2022 Edition of the Circular Navarre Catalogue
Blue Plastics - a Dutch innovation for recycling flexible plastics
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Circular design, Economic instruments, Industrial techniques, Innovation and investment, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Blue Plastics
50.9852766196, 5.7883376
Claerhout Aluminium or how to make roofing circular
Harelbeke
Belgium
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Mining, metals and minerals
Good practice
Claerhout
50.823192919487, 3.32655235
IOBAC: adhesive-free flooring tiles which can be readily reused and recycled
Tadley
United Kingdom
Circular design, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
IOBAC
51.3278278, -1.1118084
Hutoepito: upcycling closed-cell rigid polyurethane foams
Gyongyos
Hungary
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Upcycling closed-cell rigid polyurethane foams
47.7641522, 19.9243664
A new life for used or broken skateboards makes the rides more sustainable and supports the local community
Vilnius
Lithuania
Recycling
Good practice
Commune DIY - the story
54.6525013, 25.2222296
Circular flooring partnership by Tarkett & IKEA
Paris
France, Sweden
B2B services, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling, Retail
Good practice
Pioneering post-use recycling: a story with IKEA
59.2710019, 17.9166664
Ragn-Sells and Tarkett are developing carbon negative circular raw materials from waste
Paris
Estonia, France
Circular action for climate neutrality, Recycling
Good practice
Transforming Estonian ash piles into carbon negative raw material
58.595272, 25.013607
The reusable Ocean Package for e-commerce
Munich
Germany
B2B services, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Reuse, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Ocean Package
48.1494885, 11.6085798
CIMPA: making multilayer plastic films circular
Brussels
Belgium
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Innovation and investment, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
CIMPA - a circular multilayer plastic approach for value retention
CIRCULAR FoodPack, or how to enable the circular use of plastic packaging for direct food contact
Munich
Germany
Circular design, Industrial techniques, Innovation and investment, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
CIRCULAR FoodPack
48.39432, 11.70928
Coffeefrom: processing coffee grounds into a durable and resistant alternative to single-use plastic
Locate Triulzi
Italy
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Industrial symbiosis, Industrial techniques, Social impact, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Coffeefrom
45.3620848, 9.219246
Bioforcetech: Phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge and organic waste
Vimercate (MB)
Italy
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry
Good practice
Bioforcetech
45.599687, 9.366448
NP-bioTech: catalytic biostabilisation for a fast treatment of citrus pulp or sewage sludge into a rich biofertiliser
Caltagirone (Catania), Sicily
Italy
Other
Good practice
Nardo Process bioTechnology
biobased industries; sustainable development
45.8834725, 11.0215495
Hydro Ben: recovering oils and fats from wastewater in catering establishments
Brescia (Brescia), Lombardy
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Energy and waste-to-energy, Food, water and nutrients, Public procurement, Public services
Good practice
ICESP
45.5415526, 10.2118019
LIFE CIRC-ELV Project: channelling plastic from end-of-life vehicles back into the manufacturing chain
Valencia
Spain
Batteries and Vehicles, Circular action for climate neutrality, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research
Good practice
LIFE CIRC-ELV
39.4699075, -0.3762881
remesh: social economy gives a second life to mesh banners and a better life for employees
Bucharest
Romania
B2B services, Circular action for climate neutrality, Education and skills, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Retail, Reuse, Social Enterprise, Social impact, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
remesh
44.3936233, 26.126192
educlick: a social and circular economy workshop from Romania
Bucharest
Romania
Circular action for climate neutrality, Education and skills, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
educlick
44.3936233, 26.126192
OLEAF4VALUE: Olive leaf multi-product cascade based biorefinery
Madrid
Spain
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
OLEAF4VALUE
BioSupPack: production and enzymatic recycling of environmentally safe packaging solutions
Spain
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Industrial techniques, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
BioSupPack
More circular, sustainable and profitable mushroom industry by Bioschamp
Spain
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry
Good practice
Bioschamp
40.3832832, -3.6896768
Slow flower: all the beauty of fresh cut flowers, without harmful effects on the environment
Mont-Saint-Guibert
Belgium
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Awareness raising, Circular action for climate neutrality, Empowering Consumers
Good practice
Il Était Une Fleur
50.6568064, 4.6238266
A Blueprint on Industrial Symbiosis to achieve a circular and regenerative economy
Yecla
Spain
Governance
Good practice
Insight
38.617821909255, -1.1135458946228
CISUFLO: minimising the environmental impact of the EU flooring sector
Belgium
Furniture, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
CISUFLO
ReCreate: Innovate and develop novel technological solutions for deconstruction and reuse
Tampere
Finland
Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Research, Reuse
Good practice
ReCreate
61.4941073, 23.7792354
Laboratorio Cartiera: leather and a social conscience!
Marzabotto, Bologna
Italy
Education and skills, Reuse, Social Enterprise, Social impact, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Cartiera
44.364242, 11.215845
Final year of the RepescaPlas Project: a complete management system for marine plastics
Valencia
Spain
Circular action for climate neutrality, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
AIMPLAS
39.4699075, -0.3762881
A textile evaluation by Clear Fashion: Buying less but better!
Marseille
France
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Empowering Consumers, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Clear Fashion
43.2923026, 5.3761455
CIRCULARPORT and CIRCULARPASS: leveraging blockchain to promote the circular economy
Girona
Spain
Digital solutions, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Blue Room Innovation
41.9828271, 2.8200498
RECICLOS: providing incentives for recycling cans and plastic beverage bottles
Girona
Spain
Digital solutions, Innovation and investment, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
RECICLOS
41.982900742458, 2.8201803640435
Wegozero: a zero waste consultancy
Amsterdam
Netherlands
B2B services
Good practice
wegozero
52.3650844, 4.8758568
Innovation in packaging: toilet paper products wrapped in cardboard
Besalu
Spain
Industrial techniques, Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI)
Good practice
LC Paper
42.2002357, 2.6953375
Yuman Village: a circular economy shopping centre in Brussels
Brussels
Belgium
Awareness raising, Personal and household goods, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Retail
Good practice
Yuman Village
50.828917418602, 4.3555201662705
Re4circular: a new AI-based solution to improve the sorting and cataloguing of textile waste
Turin
Italy
B2B services, Digital solutions, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Re4Circular
45.0703393, 7.686864
Agroamb: processing organic waste into fertilisers
Lugo
Spain
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, B2B services, Circular action for climate neutrality, Soils, soil improvement and restoration, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Grupo Agroamb
43.233451573038, -7.4046697512329
Wishing to organise an event anywhere in Finland? Rent a tapahtumakärry!
Asikkala
Finland
Circular action for climate neutrality, Culture, Sports and Leisure activities, Product as a Service, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Tapahtumakärry
61.1721358, 25.5471381
Ekofungi: Waste to taste
Belgrade
Other
Circular design, Food, water and nutrients, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Ekofungi
Serbia
44.938899794908, 20.437806423304
UPMADE® by Reet Aus turns textile leftovers from cost into value
Tallinn
Estonia
Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Reet Aus
59.4387264, 24.7292276
Auum: a great way to serve drinks in the workplace
Paris
France
B2B services, Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients, Product as a Service, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Auum
48.7823112, 2.3143577
Environmental change project
Yecla
Spain
Awareness raising, Digital solutions, Education and skills
Good practice
Environmental change
General overview
APROEMA Conecta of Galicia
Vigo
Spain
Business incubators, Startups, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Aproema Conecta
42.243612404663, -8.7200920618067
How to capture the value of the circular economy with Gate C
Paris
France
Awareness raising, B2B services, Circular action for climate neutrality, Digital solutions, Education and skills
Good practice
Gate C
48.856614, 2.3522219
Society 2030: Diageo's action plan to help create a more inclusive and sustainable world
United Kingdom
Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients, Packaging, Recycling
Good practice
Diageo
rhinopaq: reusable and recyclable shipping packaging as a B2B service
Essen
Germany
B2B services, Circular action for climate neutrality, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Product as a Service
Good practice
rhinopaq
51.4556432, 7.0115552
How to reduce textile waste by repurposing unsold/gently-used t-shirts, dresses and skirts to make grocery bags
Tirana
Other
Clothing and Fashion industry, Innovation and investment, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Pelinku
Albania
41.3275459, 19.8186982
The Babytheek: a library for baby supplies
Brussels
Belgium
Behavioural incentives
Good practice
Babytek
50.8333432, 4.3666294
Pryme: A game changer in plastic recycling
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Energy and waste-to-energy, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recover, Regenerative economy, Recycling
Good practice
Pryme
51.8849556, 4.2563783
ZenRobotics
Helsinki
Finland
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
ZenRobotics
CIA: putting coffee husks to good use
Ancona (Marche Region)
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
CIA
43.563494, 13.514328
Dienpi: applying research to materials for fashion accessory production
San Benedetto del Tronto (Ascoli Piceno), Marche Region
Italy
Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Innovation and investment
Good practice
Dienpi
42.9609785, 13.8746469
Rice for architecture by Ricehouse
Andorno Micca (Biella), Piemonte Region
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Furniture, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Ricehouse
45.6526477, 7.9631221
CleanBags: A machine for disinfecting medical bags for recycling
Capannori (Lucca), Toscana Region
Italy
Circular action for climate neutrality, Health and healthcare, Machinery and Equipment, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
TecnoTrust
43.8418933, 10.5733254
Fiusis: energy and fuel from pruning olive trees
Calimera (Lecce), Puglia Region
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Energy and waste-to-energy, Soils, soil improvement and restoration, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Fiusis
40.245298, 18.291137
Ristorazione Sostenibile 360°: how to make catering wholly sustainable
Emilia-Romagna Region
Italy
Awareness raising, Food, water and nutrients
Good practice
Ristorazione Sostenibile 360
44.5967607, 11.2186396
Recovering critical fertilisers such as phosphorus from sludge treatment
Vellezzo Bellini (PV) Lombardy Region
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Recover, Regenerative economy, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Acqua&Sole
45.279879, 9.106918
Italian fashion retailer OVS informs consumers about the sustainability of their shopping
Italy
Awareness raising, Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Innovation and investment, Measuring circularity
Good practice
OVS
45.4064349, 11.8767611
The In.Te.Se project: a model for organic waste management in dispersed areas
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Machinery and Equipment, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
In.Te.Se.
44.679648852727, 7.0741614017025
Officina Naturae: a plastic-free choice for a plastic-free sea
Rimini (Emilia Romagna Region)
Italy
Innovation and investment, Personal and household goods
Good practice
Officina Naturae
44.0678288, 12.5695158
Renycle: from scrap to new nylon
Casnigo, Villa D'Ogna (Lombardy Region)
Italy
Chemical management, Circular design, Innovation and investment, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
RadiciGroup
45.8157796, 9.8680159
Azienda Agricola Mannu: mushrooms and fertiliser from coffee grounds
Lauria (Potenza, Basilicata Region)
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Food, water and nutrients, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
ICESP
40.0511927, 15.8387147
Greenful Panels: construction materials made from recycled waste
Tallinn
Estonia
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Greenful
59.4369608, 24.7535747
A tool-sharing corner of Asikkala municipal library is a significant step towards circularity
Asikkala
Finland
Circular action for climate neutrality, Personal and household services, Product as a Service, Public services, Reuse
Good practice
LAB University of Applied Sciences, Maallemuuttajat 2030 project
61.1721358, 25.5471381
NONTOX Project: Recovering contaminated plastics from automotive, construction and electrical appliance industry waste
Spain
Circular action for climate neutrality, Industrial techniques, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
NONTOX
URBIOFIN - from waste to bioproducts through biorefinery
Heraklio
Greece
Refineries, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
URBIOFIN
39.2017958, -0.5060573
Book in Loop, BabyLoop and UniLoop: how to bring circularity to our children's everyday lives
Coimbra
Portugal
Education and skills
Good practice
The Loop
40.2033145, -8.4102573
C2C ExpoLAB: Venlo city hall
Venlo
Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Venlo City Hall
51.3741366, 6.1555519
Leadax: Circular building materials out of PVB waste
Wapenveld
Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Leadax
52.4481088, 6.0748102
Green Serendipity: Renewable plastics for packaging and products
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
Green Serendipity
52.3560809, 4.9961026
Schijvens: Circular corporate fashion
Hilvarenbeek
Netherlands
Recycling, Retail, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Schijvens
51.4844497, 5.1385839
Van Werven: Plastics recycling
Biddinghuizen
Netherlands
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Van Werven recycling plastics
52.4691483, 5.701302
Groningen Seaports: working towards a bio-based, circular economy
Delfzijl
Netherlands
Industrial symbiosis, Industrial techniques, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Groningen Seaports
53.3310272, 6.9244598
Interseroh provides reusable plastic boxes for fruit and vegetables sold at Aldi Süd stores
Germany
Packaging, Recycling
Good practice
Interseroh
50.937531, 6.9602786
Gr3n: chemical recycling of PET bottles and food containers is now possible at a reasonable cost
Switzerland
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
Gr3n
46.0036778, 8.951052
Knjižnica alata: borrow a tool instead of buying it
Beli Manastir
Croatia
Awareness raising, Education and skills, Machinery and Equipment, Product as a Service, Social impact
Good practice
Knjižnica alata
45.7728664, 18.6107524
Ecodair: refurbishing professional computer equipment for resale
Paris
France
Electronics and ICT, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Ecodair
48.8955886, 2.369449
Delt Papir: making toilet paper without cutting down trees
Zagreb
Croatia
Circular action for climate neutrality, Industrial techniques, Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI)
Good practice
DELT PAPIR
45.8150108, 15.9819189
Bioregio: a one-stop-shop for tried and tested bio-based initiatives
Slovakia
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Awareness raising, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Bioregio
Entogreen: using biomimicry to turn organic waste into fish food
Santarém
Portugal
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Recycling
Good practice
EntoGreen
39.3063214, -8.7337151
By producing beer from surplus bread, Toast Ale saves on land, water and energy
London
United Kingdom
Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients, Recycling
Good practice
Toast Ale
51.5188277, -0.1137884
The never-ending life cycle of a cotton gauze grocery bag
Tirana
Other
Packaging, Personal and household goods, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Pelinku
Albania
41.3424585, 19.826191
Pluumo: A reusable thermal packaging material made from surplus feathers
London
United Kingdom
Packaging
Good practice
Pluumo
51.5073509, -0.1277583
BE O Lifestyle: bioplastic from organic waste
Nijmegen
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Innovation and investment, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
BE O Lifestyle
51.846607, 5.8548134
E-waste Race: school-based collection of old electronic devices
Eindhoven
Netherlands
Awareness raising, Electronics and ICT, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Race Against Waste
51.4333985, 5.4303839
Red Orka: a baby romper revolution
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Clothing and Fashion industry, Product as a Service, Reuse
Good practice
Red Orka
52.3675734, 4.9041389
Organic glues and adhesives by Menichetti
Fucecchio (FI)
Italy
Other
Good practice
Menichetti glues & adhesive
Production of natural adhesives for packaging
43.738205, 10.794993
LENA: the fashion library
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Clothing and Fashion industry, Product as a Service, Reuse
Good practice
LENA
52.3783537, 4.8820591
The Waste Transformers: Turning food waste into valuable resources on-site
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Energy and waste-to-energy, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
The Waste Transformers
52.3935524, 4.8192693
Nic&Mic: Upcycling waste while supporting employment
Ladonk
Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Personal and household goods, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Ocean Sole
51.5832012, 5.3091148
EMMA Safety Footwear: Sustainable safety shoes
Kerkrade
Netherlands
Circular design, Recycling, Social impact, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
EMMA
50.8712271, 6.0385346
Biorizon: the profitable way to bio-aromatics
Bergen op Zoom
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Chemical management, Research
Good practice
Biorizon
51.5079345, 4.2514629
SNEW Telecom – Circular telecoms and IT equipment with a social heart
Boxtel
Netherlands
Electronics and ICT, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
SNEW
51.5843346, 5.3071383
Arapaha: Circular goods made out of advanced bio-based materials
Maastricht
Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Furniture, Personal and household goods
Good practice
Arapaha
50.8202976, 5.6921421
CuRe: Low energy molecular polyester recycling
Emmen
Netherlands
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
CuRe Technology
52.7748058, 6.9068804
Grover: Reducing e-waste by renting out electronic devices
Berlin
Germany
Digital solutions, Electronics and ICT, Personal and household goods, Product as a Service
Good practice
Grover
52.5200066, 13.404954
Tradecowall: Upcycling mixed mineral construction and demolition waste
Fernelmont
Belgium
Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
TRADECOWALL
50.4175637, 4.4510066
Too Good to Go: the global food reduction app
Kjellerup
Denmark
Awareness raising, Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Too Good to Go
56.26392, 9.501785
Green Alley Award: rewarding the most innovative circular start-ups
Mainz
EU, Germany
Awareness raising, Innovation and investment, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Social impact
Good practice
Green Alley Award
49.9928617, 8.2472526
With Leef... tableware really does grow on trees
Berlin
Germany
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Food, water and nutrients, Personal and household goods, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
LEEF
52.5200066, 13.404954
Circular lighting by Signify
Eindhoven
Netherlands
Circular design, Personal and household goods, Social impact
Good practice
Signify
51.441642, 5.4697225
Feplo: waterproof eco-boards from pressed recycled drinks cartons for use as building material
Čačak
Other
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling
Good practice
Feplo
Serbia
43.8913677, 20.3506051
SCALITE®: creating interior design applications from fish scales
Anglet
France
Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
SCALITE
43.481402, -1.514699
RiceRes research project: reusing waste from rice production
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Food, water and nutrients
Good practice
Riso Italiano
45.4790671, 9.8452433
Remix: Reuse, reduce, remix
Burgas
Bulgaria
Clothing and Fashion industry, Reuse, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Remix
42.5047926, 27.4626361
Grown bio: making biodegradable packaging from mycelium and agricultural waste
Hilversum
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Innovation and investment, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
Grown bio
52.2291696, 5.1668974
RCERO Ljubljana: efficient waste management
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Awareness raising, Circular action for climate neutrality, Energy and waste-to-energy, Machinery and Equipment, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
RCERO
46.0569465, 14.5057515
SeRaMCo: recycling CDW into concrete precast products
Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
SeRaMCo
49.201555, 7.6002161
MIWA: a closed-circuit packaging loop
Prague
Czechia, EU
Packaging, Product as a Service, Reuse
Good practice
MIWA
50.0755381, 14.4378005
Löfbergs' drive for circular change in the coffee industry
Karlstad
Sweden
Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Löfbergs
59.4021806, 13.5114978
Ligeti Bolt: a packaging-free shop
Budapest
Hungary
Behavioural incentives, Personal and household goods, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Ligeti Bolt
47.497912, 19.040235
Buurman: the local hardware store and workshop that teaches you about the value of secondary materials
Utrecht
Netherlands
Awareness raising, Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling, Reuse, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Buurman
52.0907374, 5.1214201
Borealis: producing renewable polypropylene from renewable propane
Vienna
Austria
Circular design, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Borealis
51.2686157, 4.2705475
EtMoi works with prisoners to make badge holders, cushions and masks from old ties and scarves
Belgium
Clothing and Fashion industry
Good practice
EtMoi
50.8503396, 4.3517103
Brens uses scrap iron, crushed concrete and pulverised rubber to build tomorrow's railways
Czechia
Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Recycling
Good practice
Brens
49.7320236, 13.409655
Allgro: turning wastewater into water for their fruit and vegetable cutting business
Sint-Lievens-Houtem
Belgium
Reuse, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
Allgro
50.9129653, 3.8498027
La Poubelle: A bank for secondhand goods
Tilburg
Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Recycling, Reuse, Social impact
Good practice
La Poubelle
51.5535028, 5.1040053
ALBA Group: manufacturing plastic from secondary raw materials
Germany
Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
ALBA
52.5200066, 13.404954
Lucirmás: upcycling (empty) wine bottles
Barcelona
Spain
Ceramics and Glass, Reuse
Good practice
Lucirmás
41.4642548, 2.2688481
PeeCycle: making fertiliser from urine
Brussels
Belgium
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
PeeCycle
50.8290541, 4.3773717
Envien Group: producing biofuel from crops and used oil
Slovakia
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Energy and waste-to-energy, Refineries, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Envien Group
48.669026, 19.699024
Ressourcerie Namuroise, a cooperative collecting, recycling and reusing waste
Namur
Belgium
Circular action for climate neutrality, Empowering Consumers, Energy and waste-to-energy, Personal and household goods, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse, Social impact, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Ressourcerie Namuroise
50.4929215, 4.7921194
Thanks to Eco Veneta, construction and demolition waste goes back to construction sites for a new adventure
Quari Destra
Italy
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Eco Veneta
45.2991813, 11.3966029
Mapei: recovering unused concrete from mixer lorries
Milan
Italy
Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Mapei
45.4996624, 9.1731572
Let's fix Czechia: linking people with repair needs to repair shops and handymen
Prag
Czechia
Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
Opravárna
49.9533367, 14.3795669
Estonian start-up 3Cular designs: creating 3D objects from sawdust
Estonia
Recycling
Good practice
3CULAR
58.595272, 25.0136071
Veras - multiplatform for clothing reuse and upcycling in Denmark
Copenhagen
Denmark
Behavioural incentives, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Empowering Consumers, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Veras
55.700087, 12.5435144
Vanden: combining plastic collection and recycling
United Kingdom
Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Vanden
54.5144173, -6.0406516
Vaia: giving storm-hit trees back their dignity
Borgo Valsugana (TN)
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Personal and household goods, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
VAIA
46.0496601, 11.4473564
Trifilon: recycled and compostable polymer biocomposites
Nyköping
Sweden
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Trifilon
58.7528439, 17.0091593
Billy Tannery makes leather goods from rescued goatskins
Loughborough
United Kingdom
Clothing and Fashion industry, Personal and household goods, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Billy Tannery
52.772571, -1.2052126
Ocean Cleanup - From the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to design sunglasses
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
The Ocean Cleanup
51.9208008, 4.4684358
Scan your rubbish on ECONIT to improve waste management and collection
Bratislava
Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia
Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Polish Circular Hotspot
48.1458886, 17.1160246
Teemill's circular supply chain: from cotton seed to t-shirt, nothing is wasted!
United Kingdom
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Teemill
50.682941, -1.515222
Splosh: Household products in reusable, refillable containers
Newtown
United Kingdom
Empowering Consumers, Packaging, Personal and household goods, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Retail
Good practice
Splosh
52.5182861, -3.2940328
Philips: Recycled plastics for brand-new coffee machines
Netherlands
Machinery and Equipment, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Philips
52.3675734, 4.9041389
SECONTRADE: The B2B platform for secondary raw materials
Austria
B2B services, Circular action for climate neutrality, Digital solutions, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
SECONTRADE
47.516231, 14.550072
Oryzite: reusing rice husks to reduce the use of plastics
Spain
Innovation and investment, Packaging, Reuse, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Oryzite
41.5911589, 1.5208624
Plastic Energy - Recycling plastics into feedstock
London
United Kingdom
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
PLASTIC ENERGY
51.5131202, -0.1015909
ReBlend - a Social enterprise promoting circular economy for textiles
Netherlands
Product as a Service, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
ReBlend
52.3942723, 4.8546731
Niaga® designs out waste, completely
Geleen
Netherlands
Digital solutions, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Niaga®
50.9854267, 5.7883241
Staramaki – a straw made naturally from wheat
Kilkis
Greece
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Staramaki
41.006012066207, 22.843696424092
ČSOB: eco-friendly recycled bank cards
Brussels
Belgium
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
KBC Group
50.0755381, 14.4378005
Consulting goes circular with CIRAA
Prague
Czechia, EU
Awareness raising, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Housing and Urban development, Social impact
Good practice
CIRAA
49.2453898, 16.5714747
RE-sign: today's cities, tomorrow's mines
Varese
Italy
B2B services, Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Reuse, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Re-sign
45.8205989, 8.8250576
Chalmers University: a decidedly fishy project
Gothenburg
Sweden
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients
Good practice
Chalmers
57.70887, 11.97456
Using horse manure to power horse shows
Finland
Energy and waste-to-energy, Recycling
Good practice
Fortum
61.92411, 25.7481511
ecoBirdy: Children’s furniture made from recycled plastic toys
Antwerp
Belgium
Personal and household goods, Recycling
Good practice
ecoBirdy
51.226755, 4.4078981
BIOCOSI: developing BIOdegradable and COmpostable packaging
Brindisi
Italy
Circular action for climate neutrality, Packaging, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
ENEA
40.586524619505, 17.851479946043
Mater: chairs from spent brewery grain
Copenhagen
Denmark
Furniture, Recycling
Good practice
mater
55.6977855, 12.532461
Fjällräven up-cycles wool as a by-product of the meat industry
Stockholm
Sweden
Clothing and Fashion industry, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Fjällräven
59.3293235, 18.0685808
TAPA: Rubber substitute for sustainable materials in car components
Belgium, EU, Spain
Batteries and Vehicles, Innovation and investment, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
TAPA
43.062468, -2.504764
CLIC: applying circular economy principles to cultural heritage
EU
Awareness raising, Circular action for climate neutrality, Culture, Sports and Leisure activities
Good practice
CLIC
50.8503396, 4.3517103
RiVending
Milan
Italy
Recycling
Good practice
RiVending
45.4834658, 9.2029393
Herning and DFD do their bit to keep useable clothes in use
Herning
Denmark
Circular action for climate neutrality, Clothing and Fashion industry, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
City of Herning and DFD
56.138557, 8.967322
RecyOuest: How to clean plastic used in farming without water
France
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
RecyOuest
49.6545249, -1.2737323
Purrot: A self-cleaning vibrating Rotor-filter to separate manure or treat waste water
Denmark
Electronics and ICT, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
PurFil
55.3618775, 10.4021565
Purified Metal: Responsible processing of contaminated steel scrap into high-quality raw material
Netherlands
Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Mining, metals and minerals, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Purified Metal Company (PMC)
53.3055238, 6.9606655
ROSi: producing high-purity raw materials from PV waste and promoting a truly circular PV industry
Grenoble
France
Chemical management, Energy and waste-to-energy, Recover, Regenerative economy
Good practice
ROSi
45.1843972, 5.7034229
Refarmed: using buildings’ residual heat and biowaste to support rooftop greenhouses
Copenhagen
Denmark
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure
Good practice
Refarmed
55.6683103, 12.5986802
Studio Thomas Vailly's flower power: how to make leather and glue from sunflowers
Eindhoven
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Personal and household goods, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Sunflower Entreprise project
51.4409217, 5.4702972
TailoredTile reinvents wall decoration
Portugal
Circular design, Personal and household goods, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
TailoredTile
39.7503802, -8.9318059
Sonae Arauco: Sustainable wood-based panels made from wood industry by-products
Maia
Portugal
Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Sonae Arauco
41.2372083, -8.6390186
The Manhattan pop-up bistro made from 100% recyclable materials
Helsinki
Finland
Food, water and nutrients, Recycling, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Zero Waste Bistro
40.726585, -73.9935856
Da Vide: reducing CO2 emissions when producing paper, paints and pens from by-products of grapevines
Sanfins do Douro
Portugal
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Personal and household goods, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Project Da Vide
41.2925911, -7.5186675
University of Coimbra: using natural flocculants from waste eucalyptus wood to treat wastewater
Coimbra
Portugal
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
Resíduos da madeira do eucalipto para o tratamento de águas residuais
40.2074726, -8.4260502
Using walnut waste to control plant parasites
Coimbra
Portugal
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Research, Reuse
Good practice
Resíduos do fruto da nogueira para o combate a nemátodes parasitas de plantas
40.2033145, -8.4102573
SEAclic: Resource-saving packaging for temperature-sensitive foods from Storopack
Metzingen
Germany, Other
Packaging, Reuse
Good practice
SEAclic
Worldwide
48.541443674624, 9.280571937561
O.T.A.: making unisex shoes from recycled tyres
Paris
France
Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Personal and household goods, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Ota
48.856614, 2.3522219
Boat cruises on the Seine river go electric with Paris Yacht Company
Paris
France
Batteries and Vehicles, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Veolia
48.8519451, 2.2844613
Econooc beehive made from mushroom and plastic waste
Limerick
Ireland
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Innovation and investment
Good practice
Econooc
52.6638367, -8.6267343
The City of Helsinki: supporting the reuse of excavated soil in construction projects
Helsinki
Finland
Reuse, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
Climate-KIC
60.1680707, 24.952989
Soeco: upcycling office furniture
Dalby, Jönköping & Stockholm
Sweden
B2B services, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Furniture
Good practice
Soeco
55.6620408, 13.339672
SEA2SEE makes eyewear from 100% recycled marine plastic and fishing nets
Barcelona
Spain
Personal and household goods, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recover, Regenerative economy, Recycling
Good practice
SEA2SEA
41.3983815, 2.1221834
NCP manufactures Snøhetta design chairs made from plastic waste from Norway’s fish farming
Hemnesberget
Other
Recover, Regenerative economy, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
NCP
Norway
66.2241625, 13.6244501
ReSeaclons: collecting and recycling ocean plastic
Le Grau-du-Roi
France
Awareness raising, Circular action for climate neutrality, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
ReSeaclons
43.513984, 4.1616143
Tedre Farm in Estonia explores new extraction process for a precious waste output: raspberry seed oil
Ilmjärve, Otepää
Estonia
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Recycling
Good practice
Tedre Farm
57.9725164, 26.4150102
KarTent: recyclable cardboard tents for European festivals
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
KarTent
52.3041914, 4.940391
Mamukko: making bags from old sails and life rafts
Kinsale
Ireland
Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Mamukko
51.7058562, -8.5246682
Product Circularity Data Sheet: a solution to access circularity data
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Digital solutions, Measuring circularity
Good practice
Terra Matters
49.6135221, 6.1274292
Stop Food Waste: learn how to buy, store and cook better in Ireland
Ireland
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Food, water and nutrients, Governance, Public services, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Social impact
Good practice
Stop Food Waste
39.8690764, -86.1248981
Sopköket's garbage kitchen is the new circular trend
Sweden
Food, water and nutrients, Reuse
Good practice
Interreg
59.3148804, 18.0721365
ZĪLE: when upcycling is fashion
Latvia
Circular action for climate neutrality, Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
ZĪLE
56.9507362, 24.1327544
ZIKOM: refurbishing IT equipment
Częstochowa
Poland
Electronics and ICT, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
ZIKOM
50.7917373, 19.1054779
VMfono, or how to create unique vinyl records from waste
Warsaw
Poland
Circular action for climate neutrality, Packaging, Personal and household goods, Recover, Regenerative economy, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
WMfono
51.919438, 19.145136
Zona Urbana's unique design products with recycled materials
Sofia
Bulgaria
Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Reuse, Social impact
Good practice
Zona Urbana
42.6890868, 23.3196833
Venturis HoReCa: repurposing waste resources for the hospitality industry
Warsaw
Poland
Digital solutions, Food, water and nutrients, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Venturis HoReCa
52.2296756, 21.0122287
RECOSI - refurbishing ICT products for re-use
EU
Circular action for climate neutrality, Electronics and ICT, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Recosi
53.2081253, -6.7402216
REC.ON creates high quality furniture from automobile parts
Poland, Spain
Furniture, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
REC.ON
51.919438, 19.145136
Re-Match is recycling synthetic turf
Herning
Denmark
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Re-Match
56.134143, 9.1026933
Re-food: volunteer driven community charity working to eliminate food waste and hunger on a neighborhood basis
Lisboa
Portugal
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Food, water and nutrients, Personal and household services, Product as a Service, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Social impact
Good practice
Re-Food
38.7356264, -9.1509025
Last Minute Market - recovering and reusing unsold goods
Italy
Recover, Regenerative economy, Reuse, Social impact
Good practice
Last Minute Market
44.5024495, 11.3149899
ELWIS: an Electronic Waste Registration System for a more responsible approach towards waste by households
Bratislava
Czechia, Slovakia
Behavioural incentives, Digital solutions, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
ELWIS Waste Registration System
48.1458886, 17.1160246
Sustainable and biodegradable LENZING™ ECOVERO™ viscose fiber comes from the woods
Lenzing
Austria
Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Ecovero
47.9788434, 13.6156794
Kitchen Dates – a restaurant without a rubbish bin
Lisboa
Portugal
Awareness raising, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Food, water and nutrients, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Reuse, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Kitchen Dates
38.7602579, -9.1800477
Good After - an online supermarket for discounted products
Portugal
Food, water and nutrients, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Retail
Good practice
GoodAfter
41.1785299, -8.5869522
Fil&Fab transforms disused fishing nets into pellets to create new plastic products
France
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
Fil&Fab
48.4191988, -4.4724792
Fibracat: an absorbing use for waste paper
Spain
Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Fibracat Absorbent
42.8908021, -2.315428
Espigoladors - food waste prevention and job creation for groups at risk of social exclusion
Spain
Food, water and nutrients, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Espigoladors
41.3225846, 2.096263
Carlavelorep: the social bicycle workshop
Austria
Recover, Regenerative economy, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
Carlavelorep
47.8127727, 13.0417525
Bio2Materials creates 'leather' from apples
Poland
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Bio2Materials
51.919438, 19.145136
Amorim Cork group: recycling, reusing and reinventing the use of cork
Mozelos
Portugal
Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Amorim Cork Composites
40.9887064, -8.5843845
Alchemia-nova: treating waste water using green walls
Vienna
Austria, Greece
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Research, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
Alchemia Nova projects
48.2081743, 16.3738189
Pack, Wrap and Store with Beeswax Wraps by Malu
Kraków
Poland
Food, water and nutrients, Packaging
Good practice
Woskowijka by Malu
50.0490622, 19.920285
reWINE: reusing wine bottles
Spain
Recycling, Reuse
Good practice
reWINE
41.4973094, 2.1083085
Vanheede Environment Group: collecting packaged food waste to produce alternative fuels
Wervik-Geluwe
Belgium
Food, water and nutrients, Packaging, Recycling, Soils, soil improvement and restoration, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Vanheede Environment Group
50.8268801, 3.0934146
The SAWYER project: identifying skills and safety needs for the furniture sector's circular transition
EU
Furniture
Good practice
SAWYER website
40.6326276, 0.2897136
I:CO - a global waste collection network for textiles
Ahrensburg
Germany
B2B services, Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
SOEX I:CO
53.6863, 10.2658699
Souji: transforming used cooking oil into an ecological detergent
Majadahonda (MADRID)
Spain
Food, water and nutrients, Industrial techniques, Personal and household goods
Good practice
Souji
40.4595097, -3.872436
ResQ - finding a buyer for that leftover cupcake
Finland
Electronics and ICT, Food, water and nutrients
Good practice
RESQ club
60.1672463, 24.9216936
Millor que nou - Repaired to be better than new
Barcelona
Spain
Clothing and Fashion industry, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Millor que nou
41.3773861, 2.154449
Remondis Aqua: extracting phosphoric acids from sewerage sludge
Germany
Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
Remondis Aqua: sewage sludge recycling
51.6159771, 7.4663664
Po-Dzielnia: the Polish Sharing Economy Centre
Poznań
Poland
Personal and household goods, Reuse, Social impact
Good practice
Po-Dzielnia
51.6159771, 7.4663664
Lassila&Tikanoja: collecting and processing waste oils
Helsinki
Finland
Recycling, Refineries, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Lassila & Tikanoja
60.2209703, 24.8766505
Green Dot Cyprus - a collective compliance system for packaging and packaging waste
Cyprus
Packaging, Recycling
Good practice
Green-Dot Cyprus
35.1185436, 33.3339477
Fruta Feia or Ugly Fruit finds beauty in misshaped fruit
Portugal
Food, water and nutrients
Good practice
Fruta Feia
38.6781026, -9.1640245
Better World Fashion is circular fashion: 98% reuse - 100% unique
Aalborg
Denmark
Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Better World Fashion
57.0357097, 9.9652946
Replacing single-use water containers with glass in the Basque Country
Freiburg im Breisgau
Germany
Packaging, Public procurement, Water
Good practice
Mutualia Case Study
42.9896248, -2.6189273
Green public procurement: successful example of increasing brick recovery in demolition services
Germany
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Public procurement
Good practice
Hjorring Case Study
57.4567788, 9.9957635
Reducing packaging through procurement criteria
Barcelona
Spain
Packaging, Public procurement, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Barcelona Cursa de La Mercè Case Study
41.3850639, 2.1734035
All public services in Ludwigsburg enjoy “Cradle to Cradle” office material thanks to green public procurement
Germany
Public procurement
Good practice
Ludwigsburg Case Study
48.8940624, 9.195464
Refurbishing a kindergarten building with minimal environmental impact in Koprivnica
Freiburg im Breisgau
Germany
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Public procurement
Good practice
Koprivnica Case Study
46.1639381, 16.8334753
FOREWEAR - inclusive social enterprise reusing and recycling clothing
Prague
Czechia
Awareness raising, Reuse, Social impact, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Forewear
50.00107, 14.4258933
Machiels Group: closing materials loops through enhanced landfill mining
Houthalen-Helchteren
Belgium
Circular action for climate neutrality, Innovation and investment, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Machiels Remo Milieubeheer
51.0312424, 5.3765452
Preparing for a circular playground: a tender for creative spaces to play and learn in Aalborg
Germany
Culture, Sports and Leisure activities, Housing and Urban development, Public procurement
Good practice
Project brochure
57.0488195, 9.921747
WOODYLOOP: circular pyjamas
Belgium
Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Woody World close the loop
50.503887, 4.469936
The Flemish government’s Facility Services Agency opts for circular office furnishings
Belgium
Circular design, Furniture, Governance, Reuse
Good practice
Vlaanderen Circulair website
51.0108706, 3.7264613
Convert makes every fibre matter
Rønde
Denmark
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Furniture, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Convert – every fiber matters
56.2835805, 10.5538736
CEnTOUR or how to help SMEs in the tourism sector transition towards circular economy
Cyprus
Circular action for climate neutrality, Industrial symbiosis, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
CEnTOUR handbook
35.175078011983, 33.371247156531
LanaTerm: wool can keep buildings warm as well as sheep
Oradea
Romania
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure
Good practice
Lana Term
47.0867152, 21.8800164
Community reuse center Baterkáreň brings life to the circular economy principles
Trnava
Slovakia
Circular action for climate neutrality, Empowering Consumers
Good practice
Baterkáreň
48.380087476783, 17.593660531213
The Fabric Sales: repurposing deadstock
Brussels
Belgium
Circular design, Recycling, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Reuse, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
The Fabric Sales
50.9411298, 4.7481027
CiLAB collective creates new circular concepts on textile and furniture waste
Mechelen
Belgium
Awareness raising, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
CiLAB Collective
51.0209946, 4.4824995
Titan Greece: making circular cement a reality
Greece
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Industrial symbiosis, Recycling
Good practice
Titan Greece
38.025149, 23.7328197
SirPlus: the supermarket that rescues unwanted food - rescuing as a new way of buying
Germany
Food, water and nutrients, Reuse
Good practice
SirPlus
Circular architecture: RAU makes brand new buildings from recycled building materials
Netherlands
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure
Good practice
RAU Architecture
52.3843012, 4.9222665
CIAK handles 70 000 tons of waste yearly, sustaining a circular battery market in Croatia
Croatia
Batteries and Vehicles
Good practice
CIAK
45.799148, 15.8872481
RecycLivre – the online second-hand book shop
France
Culture, Sports and Leisure activities, Reuse
Good practice
Recyclivre
48.873573, 2.3446675
Rewarding recycling with vouchers
Spain
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Tropaverde
Fashion can be sustainable
Sweden
Clothing and Fashion industry
Good practice
Filippa K
59.3207529, 18.0531824
Upcycled clothing for downcycled prices
Estonia
Clothing and Fashion industry
Good practice
Upmade with Reet Aus
59.4385418, 24.7292966
Recycling on a massive scale
Germany
Industrial techniques, Recycling, Refineries
Good practice
REMONDIS website
An unexpected ally in promoting sustainability: flies!
Sofia
Bulgaria
Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Food, water and nutrients
Good practice
Nasekomo
42.6288205, 23.3747618
Recycling batteries to safeguard natural resources
Romania
Batteries and Vehicles
Good practice
Rombat website
47.1383068, 24.4805662
Recycling PU foam cans more efficiently
Germany
B2B services, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Recycling of PU foam cans
50.0166729, 11.4059484
Fortunale: thanks to 100% organic wool and natural dyes, these Italian sweaters combine high recyclability with style
Cassano delle Murge (Bari province - Puglia Region)
Italy
Clothing and Fashion industry, Innovation and investment
Good practice
Fortunale Moda Naturale
41.1171432, 16.8718715
Recovering and cleaning shavings and metal waste by applying centrifugal force of nature
Parma (Emilia Romagna Region); Bellusco (Monza and Brianza Province - Lombardia Region)
Italy
Machinery and Equipment, Recover, Regenerative economy, Recycling
Good practice
Nuovasara website
44.8147104, 10.3421431
A refreshing first: citrus peel as a raw material
Netherlands
Food, water and nutrients
Good practice
PeelPioneers
51.5320614, 5.4732108
An e-commerce portal for restored goods to increase the visibility of circular handicrafts in Turin
Turin (Piedmont Region)
Italy
Furniture, Recover, Regenerative economy, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
The Great Balon in Turin
45.0797715, 7.683015
Quid Project - sustainable and ethical fashion
Avesa (Province of Verona - Veneto Region)
Italy
Clothing and Fashion industry, Recover, Regenerative economy, Reuse, Social Enterprise
Good practice
Cooperativa Sociale Quid
45.4663831, 10.9840892
Remix El Barrio - Co-designing with Biomaterials from food leftovers
Barcelona
EU, Spain
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Recover, Regenerative economy, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Siscode - Remix El Barrio
41.4034307, 2.202795
A social cooperative fighting against the throwaway culture and exclusion
Forlì (Emilia Romagna Region)
Italy
Recover, Regenerative economy, Recycling, Reuse, Social impact
Good practice
Treottouno Facebook page
44.2227398, 12.0407312
NoW™ Technology ensures that your packaging and paper-based products are used again and again
Bassano in Teverina (Viterbo - Lazio Region)
Italy
Innovation and investment, Packaging
Good practice
NoW
42.4616766, 12.3120304
LEVEL-UP Circularity Protocols provide large industrial equipment with a longer life
Vigo
Spain
Digital solutions, Electronics and ICT, Innovation and investment, Machinery and Equipment, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
Level-Up Circularity Protocols
42.2405989, -8.7207268
Wallenius Water Innovation’s contribution to a circular economy: Using UV light to resist bacterial growth in metalworking fluids
Sweden
Chemical management, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Water
Good practice
Wallenius Water Innovation
59.3393668, 18.0131586
Recovery of HDPE products by Jcoplastic for recycling and transformation in secondary raw materials
Buccino (Basilicata Region); Battipaglia (Campania Region)
Italy
Circular action for climate neutrality, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recover, Regenerative economy, Recycling, Reuse
Good practice
Jcoplastic
40.6093746, 14.9808362
Urban Wood - making the most of urban trees
Sessa (Canton Ticino - Switzerland); Porto Valtravaglia (Varese - Lombardy Region - Italy)
Italy, Switzerland
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Housing and Urban development
Good practice
Legno Urbano
Switzerland / Italy
45.9607866, 8.6765251
Rigiocattolo reduces, reuses, recycles and rethinks toys
Campobasso (Molise Region)
Italy
Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
Rigiocattolo
41.5614044, 14.6618796
Life-REPOLYUSE
Burgos
Spain
Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
LIFE-REPOLYUSE
42.340909574789, -3.7274551391602
Lavandula reuses agro-food by-products to provide added value for cosmetics
Castelcivita (Salerno - Campania Region)
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Innovation and investment, Other, Personal and household goods
Good practice
lavandula website
Natural cosmetics
40.5136296, 15.2545888
RIUSO³ – Banco del riuso in Franciacorta
Rovato (BS) Lombardia Region
Italy
Reuse
Good practice
Banco del riuso in Franciacorta
45.5609691, 10.0074627
MontECOlino's carpet recovery from trade fairs
Rho, Lombardy region
Italy
Industrial techniques, Reuse, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
MontECOlino website
45.6218943, 10.0325563
Senza Terra: Cultivation using wool
Sellero (Lombardy Region)
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Senza Terra Coltivare in Lana
46.0548883, 10.349813
The leading "packaging-as-a-service" from reCIRCLE for takeaway food and drinks
EU
Awareness raising, Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients, Packaging, Product as a Service, Reuse
Good practice
reCIRCLE
46.9479739, 7.4474468
Photovoltaic cells: clean energy from wine waste
Venice
Italy
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Energy and waste-to-energy, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Energia pulita dagli scarti del vino
45.4344931, 12.3261694
FEICA: Recycling polyurethane foam in pressurised containers
Brussels
Belgium
Chemical management, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Housing and Urban development, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Feica - Recycling PU foam in pressurised containers
50.813055, 4.4206546
Reconstituting limestone C&D waste into premium/high-quality masonry products
Valletta
Malta
Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Industrial techniques, Innovation and investment, Recycling
Good practice
University of Malta - Reconstituted stone
35.8984738, 14.5159636
Recovering nutrients from waste
Sollentuna, Sweden
Denmark, Estonia, Sweden, Other
Chemical management, Energy and waste-to-energy, Industrial techniques, Mining, metals and minerals
Good practice
Ragn-Sells Group
Norway
59.4541218, 17.9242952
Close the Glass Loop: a multi-stakeholder partnership to collect more, better quality glass
Belgium
Ceramics and Glass, Packaging, Recycling
Good practice
Close the Glass Loop
50.503887, 4.469936
EKORU: Recycling Finnish antique coins and old spoons to make jewelry
Tampere
Finland
Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse
Good practice
EKORU website
61.4977524, 23.7609535
Concular - Digital platform enabling circular construction
Austria, Germany, Switzerland
B2B services, Business incubators, Startups, Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Digital solutions, Product as a Service, Public procurement, Public services, Reuse
Good practice
Concular
Volvo Cars EV battery materials traceability
Berlin
EU
Batteries and Vehicles, Circular action for climate neutrality
Good practice
Circulor Supply Chain Traceability Solutions
52.5013754, 13.364653
Circular economy approach to industrial wastewater
Belgium
Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Chemical management, Soils, soil improvement and restoration, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
ZERO BRINE website
Fair hairdressers - recycled hair as a resource
Brignoles
France
Recycling, Reuse
Good practice
Coiffeurs Justes - Association pour le recyclage des cheveux
43.382835, 5.7067132
Finnish company Pa-Ri Materia extends the life of office furniture
Finland
Furniture
Good practice
Offistore
61.92411, 25.7481511
Solar Foods: new edible protein food from air and electricity
Finland
Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Solar Foods
56.26392, 9.501785
TOMRA: efficient and convenient reverse vending machines
Other
Behavioural incentives, Packaging, Recycling, Retail, Reuse, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
TOMRA: Reverse vending machines
Norway
60.472024, 8.468946
Curaprox - Collecting used toothbrushes in Slovakia
Slovakia
Awareness raising, Personal and household goods, Recycling, Research
Good practice
Curaprox - Join the collection of brushes
48.1375256, 17.1587101
Recycling Christmas trees: No more Christmas trees in landfills
Thessaloniki
Greece
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Christmas trees shredding upon holidays ending
40.6400629, 22.9444191
Industrial Symbiosis, a path towards green growth
EU
Circular action for climate neutrality, Education and skills, Industrial symbiosis
Good practice
InSight Joint Curriculum
DuCoop presents innovative solutions for heating, water and energy management for a new district in Ghent with 400+ dwellings
Ghent
Belgium
Energy and waste-to-energy, Food, water and nutrients, Housing and Urban development, Recover, Regenerative economy, Water
Good practice
DuCoop Cooperative
51.0543422, 3.7174243
Envie Autonomie collects and renovates technical equipment from rehabilitation centers, hospitals and care centres
Paris
France
Personal and household goods, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Envie Autonomie - Le matériel médical reconditionné et garanti
48.856614, 2.3522219
How to make luxury handbags from salmon skins
Belgium
Clothing and Fashion industry, Reuse, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Ms Bay Ethics and Sustainability
51.2194475, 4.4024643
VICAT - a key player in construction & deconstruction waste
France
Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Industrial symbiosis
Good practice
VICAT Circular-economy offering
45.6059984, 5.2176976
Calefa - Reusing residual heat to reduce energy costs and GHG emissions for customers and end-users
Finland
B2B services, Energy and waste-to-energy, Industrial symbiosis
Good practice
Calefa
61.92411, 25.7481511
Svenska Retursystem’s reusable transit packing system contributes to CO2 and food waste reduction
Stockholm
Sweden
Packaging
Good practice
Svenska Retursystem (SRS)
59.3378655, 18.0124006
Renewi E-waste: from discarded electrical appliances to plastic and metal recyclates
Belgium, France, Netherlands
Mining, metals and minerals, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Renewi
51.7032295, 5.0354772
Versalis gives plastic a second life through recovery and recycling
Italy
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Versalis
41.87194, 12.56738
Unverpackt – the first packaging-free store in Kiel
Germany
Food, water and nutrients, Packaging, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Retail
Good practice
Unverpackt
54.3232927, 10.1227651
FKL Fertilizers: From recycled secondary materials to organic fertilizers shipped worldwide
Belgium
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
FKL Fertilizers
51.2526476, 4.2786812
Upcycling Scandinavia: circular products made out of 100% recycled materials
Denmark
Circular design, Furniture, Personal and household goods, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
Upcycling Scandinavia
56.632646, 9.050971
Het Hof van Cartesius: the circular hotspot for circular action
Utrecht
Netherlands
Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure
Good practice
Het Hof van Cartesius
52.0907374, 5.1214201
RecyCâbles - recycling and recovery of cables
France
Electronics and ICT
Good practice
RECYCÂBLES
50.4196909, 2.9955278
Henkel: Improved recycling of packaging thanks to innovative solvent-free adhesives
Dusseldorf
Germany
Chemical management, Industrial techniques, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
FEICA
51.1799164, 6.8431234
Saperatec: Recycling packaging laminates through a process that separates composite materials
Bielefeld
Germany
Chemical management, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Saperatec
52.0356272, 8.5362016
Quench your thirst with Lowlander’s sustainable IPA made from discarded Christmas trees
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Food, water and nutrients
Good practice
Lowlander
52.3726914, 4.8930866
PC4Change – Electronic refurbishing with the best of intentions
Rome
Italy
Electronics and ICT, Recover, Regenerative economy, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
PC4Change
41.9086148, 12.5583313
Donar - Furniture from recycled felt
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Furniture, Personal and household goods, Recycling
Good practice
Donar
46.0569465, 14.5057515
ReTuna Återbruksgalleria – the world’s first recycling mall
Eskilstuna
Sweden
Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
ReTuna
59.3712486, 16.5098046
European project BIOnTop: Promising results in development of new recyclable and compostable packaging
Valencia
Spain
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Innovation and investment, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
BIOnTop
39.5471494, -0.4569998
Swappis: loyalty rewards and community spirit encourage circularity in your wardrobe
Budapest
Hungary
Behavioural incentives, Clothing and Fashion industry, Retail, Reuse
Good practice
Swappis
47.497912, 19.040235
Red Alimenta: volunteers against food waste and social inequity in Toledo
Toledo
Spain
Awareness raising, Food, water and nutrients, Social impact
Good practice
REd ALIMENTA
39.8628316, -4.0273231
Surplus capacity? Waste it no more: FLOOW2 facilitates B2B Asset Sharing
EU
B2B services, Digital solutions, Reuse
Good practice
FLOOW2
51.5654243, 5.2030282
PharmaSwap, the sharing marketplace to reduce medication waste
Netherlands
B2B services, Circular action for climate neutrality, Digital solutions, Reuse
Good practice
PharmaSwap
51.5654243, 5.2030282
Zero waste, 100 % recycled mix plastic shipping pallets by Stabilplastik
Czechia
B2B services, Circular design, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Stabilplastik
50.2008411, 14.5103215
Cingomma – making fashion items from bicycle parts
Italy
Clothing and Fashion industry
Good practice
Cingomma
45.0703393, 7.686864
COMPLEMENTERRE38 - reusing waste collection equipment
Oz-en-Oisans
France
Good practice
Complementerre
45.1406599, 6.051151
Can't find a spare part to repair your home appliance? PCDT might have just rescued it for you!
PARIS
France
Empowering Consumers, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
PCDT
46.227638, 2.213749
Veolia and JDE - turning spent coffee grounds into bio-fuel
Joure
Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Food, water and nutrients, Industrial techniques
Good practice
UP TO US
Veolia Group designs and provides optimised water, waste and energy management solutions
52.965521, 5.7971779
C-SERVEES: Circular economy brings new business models to electrical and electronic sector
Valencia
Spain
Electronics and ICT, Personal and household goods, Product as a Service, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
C-SERVEES
39.5471494, -0.4569998
Crush Cocoa - a new ecological paper from cocoa beans
Rossano Veneto
Italy
Industrial symbiosis, Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), Recycling
Good practice
FAVINI | THE INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF CRUSH
45.6900907, 11.8087571
Enrich: compost - circular economy in action
Kilcock, Co. Meath
Ireland
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Recycling, Soils, soil improvement and restoration, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Enrich
53.4418169, -6.6644652
Recyling plastic bottles with b:bot
France
Behavioural incentives, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
b:bot
49.443232, 1.099971
Clariter - turning end-of-life plastic into new ingredients and products
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
B2B services, Recycling
Good practice
Clariter
49.6082502, 6.1205317
reCIRCULARte: dusting off old furniture and objects to give them new life in a circular effort
Ermesinde
Portugal
Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Facebook | Recircularte
41.223558533426, -8.5543950070698
CYCLE: Improving resource utilisation in the food chain
Other
Food, water and nutrients, Industrial techniques, Innovation and investment, Research
Good practice
Sintef | Cycle
Norway
Fisheries and aquaculture
LONGTIME® - a label for products designed to last
France
Empowering Consumers, Personal and household goods
Good practice
LONGTIME®
46.227638, 2.213749
Holy-wood upcycles old-fashioned furniture into designer creations
Mons
Belgium
Furniture, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Holy-wood
50.4542408, 3.956659
Jerónimo Martins: fighting food waste and encouraging circular packaging
Other, Poland, Portugal
Food, water and nutrients, Packaging, Retail, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Jerónimo Martins | Fighting waste
38.760104, -9.1566944
Rue Rangoli: where "fight against exclusion” rhymes with “sustainable development”
Paris
France
Empowering Consumers, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Rue Rangoli
48.848248, 2.3237212
The story of the case that NEVER gets THROWN AWAY
Barcelona
Spain
Business incubators, Startups, Personal and household goods, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
https://www.popsicase.com
41.3809841, 2.151088
cleanSpot - a smartphone application to find your nearest recycling centre
Madrid
Spain
Digital solutions, Empowering Consumers
Good practice
cleanSpot | Boost Recycling!
40.463667, -3.74922
Circularise Plastics: an open standard making the plastics supply chain more transparent, fair and profitable
Den Haag
Netherlands
Digital solutions, Measuring circularity, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Research
Good practice
Circularise
52.132633, 5.291266
Maltese business Frank Wrap reduces single use of plastic cling film
Lija
Malta
Circular design, Packaging, Personal and household goods
Good practice
Frank Wrap®
35.9000334, 14.4482396
C123 explores innovative processes to transform unexploited methane into propylene
Other
Chemical management, Circular action for climate neutrality, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
C123
Norway
Expertise in technology, medicine and the social sciences
INDI - a bright new life for recycled paper, thanks to unique REPAPER technology
Vilnius
Lithuania
Circular design, Personal and household goods
Good practice
INDI
54.6871555, 25.2796514
ekolive - a new approach to creating local sources of metals and minerals
Košice
Slovakia
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Chemical management, Mining, metals and minerals
Good practice
ekolive
AIMPLAS and OLIPE use olive stones to develop a new sustainable plastic material for oil product packaging
Valencia
Spain
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Packaging, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
AIMPLAS | Olive stones to develop a new sustainable plastic material
39.5471494, -0.4569998
RepescaPlas 3rd phase: recycling marine litter into fuel for fishing boats
Spain
Chemical management, Energy and waste-to-energy, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
AIMPLAS | Chemical recycling applied to marine litter
39.5471494, -0.4569998
From waste to wealth: a digital matching platform finds new high-value reuse options for your materials or (waste) products
Amsterdam
Netherlands
B2B services, Digital solutions, Industrial symbiosis, Reuse
Good practice
Excess Materials Exchange
52.3653048, 4.8408448
From digging to building: construction site excavations make perfect, low-emission new bricks
Brussels
Belgium
Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Reuse, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
BC materials
50.8683342, 4.3527073
Refurbed electronics: as good as new, or even better
Vienna
Austria
Digital solutions, Electronics and ICT, Personal and household goods, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
refurbed
48.2081743, 16.3738189
Life Reforest: mycotechnosoils developed from waste, could bring burnt forest areas back to life
Madrid
Spain
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Recover, Regenerative economy, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
LIFE REFOREST
40.463667, -3.74922
LIFE Green Sewer - Membrane Technologies for WasteWater Treatment
Madrid
Spain
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
LIFE GREEN SEWER
40.463667, -3.74922
Biorecover Project: biotechnology for selective extraction of critical raw materials
A Coruña
Spain
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Mining, metals and minerals, Research
Good practice
BIORECOVER
43.2966775, -8.367225
MBB LIFE+ Investing in Water project - case study APS Bank
Malta
B2B services, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
Investing in Water project
Business Support
35.8995051, 14.5146544
Circular South, Antwerp: community-driven sustainable area, with the help of smart technologies
Antwerp
Belgium
Circular action for climate neutrality, Digital solutions, Governance, Housing and Urban development, Social impact
Good practice
Circulair Zuid
51.2064800896, 4.3834161758423
REE4EU: exploring novel technologies to reclaim Rare Earth Elements from waste streams
Other
Mining, metals and minerals, Recycling, Research
Good practice
REE4EU
Norway
Expertise in technology, medicine and the social sciences
60.472024, 8.468946
LIFE DIANA - turning Petroleum Refinery Sludge into soil with added value
Greece
Chemical management, Refineries, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
LIFE DIANA
Energy efficiency
38.0178584, 23.941751
CABRISS: pioneering reusing and recovering Indium, Silicon and Silver materials for photovoltaic industry and other applications
Other
Energy and waste-to-energy, Mining, metals and minerals, Research
Good practice
SINTEF | CABRISS
Norway
Expertise in technology, medicine and the social sciences
63.3255951, 10.3734959
Circular Economy Business Action Group
Madrid
Spain
Awareness raising, B2B services, Other
Good practice
FORÉTICA
Promoting knowledge, fostering collaboration, visibility and communication
40.4286481, -3.6942393
'Become a Miljönär' campaign: beneficial to circular consumption and participating businesses
Sweden
Awareness raising, Behavioural incentives, Empowering Consumers, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Avfall Sverige | Miljönär
60.128161, 18.643501
Concours Design Zéro Déchet
Paris
France
Awareness raising, Education and skills, Public services, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Design Zéro Déchet
48.8608791, 2.3488566
Part bicycle, part philosophy: a beautiful bike from recycled coffee capsules, that supports schoolgirls in developing countries
Sweden
Industrial symbiosis, Personal and household goods, Recycling
Good practice
Vélosophy
59.3411051, 17.8891131
About Blanks gives new life to old books
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise
Good practice
About: Blanks
51.9029489, 4.4493819
Circular Governance in Maribor
Maribor
Slovenia
Digital solutions, Education and skills, Governance, Innovation and investment, Research, Social impact
Good practice
Circular City Governance
46.5546503, 15.6458812
VALOR - Valorisation Alternatives to Landfill for Organic Residues
Ireland
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Energy and waste-to-energy, Recover, Regenerative economy, Recycling, Research, Soils, soil improvement and restoration, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
VALOR project
53.3498053, -6.2603097
USAD - Lithuania's Reverse Vending Machines - credit for plastic
Lithuania
Behavioural incentives, Empowering Consumers, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Grąžinti verta
55.169438, 23.881275
Rype Office applies the principles of circular economy and sustainability to office furniture
United Kingdom
B2B services, Furniture, Public procurement, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Rype Office
51.531945, -0.275034
Karma connects surplus food with consumers for a lower price
France, Sweden, United Kingdom
Business incubators, Startups, Digital solutions, Food, water and nutrients
Good practice
Karma
51.5273215, -0.087210700000014
MagicPallet: the world's first online collaborative solution dedicated to the exchange of reusable pallets
Montpellier
France
B2B services, Digital solutions, Mobility and transport, Product as a Service
Good practice
MagicPallet
43.6182861, 3.9128673
Croatian cooperative Humana Nova gives used clothing a new life, and its members a new dream to fulfill
Čakovec
Croatia
Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Humananova
46.397162, 16.4484301
Port of Dunkirk reuses contaminated sediment in road construction
Dunkirk
France
Chemical management, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
CEDA
51.0418464, 2.3733285000001
MUD jeans: circular denims (almost) never die
Laren
Netherlands
Behavioural incentives, Clothing and Fashion industry
Good practice
MUD Jeans
52.2663518, 5.2026502
EcoBean turns leftover coffee grounds into clean energy products
Poland
Energy and waste-to-energy, Food, water and nutrients, Industrial symbiosis, Recycling
Good practice
EcoBean
52.220524, 21.010564
Rediscover Cycling puts life back into unwanted bicycles
Dublin
Ireland
Mobility and transport, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Rediscovery Centre | Rediscover Cycling
53.397774, -6.2632391
Rediscover Fashion promotes circular design by giving new life to unwanted textiles
Dublin
Ireland
Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Rediscovery Centre | Rediscover Fashion
53.397774, -6.2632391
Rediscover Paint collects unwanted paint and prepares it for reuse
Dublin
Ireland
Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Rediscovery Centre | Rediscover Paint
53.397774, -6.2632391
Rediscover Furniture promotes upcycling by giving new life to old furniture
Dublin
Ireland
Furniture, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Rediscovery Centre | Rediscover Furniture
53.397774, -6.2632391
Tarpaper: No more roofing-felt waste!
Glostrup
Denmark
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Tarpaper Recycling
55.6799172, 12.3882393
La Tête dans les Nuages creates multicoloured bean bags out of exhausted hot air balloons
L'Île-Saint-Denis
France
Personal and household goods, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
La Tête dans les Nuages
48.9375769, 2.3373361
Reverse Resources promotes upcycling of textile leftovers and creates supply chain transparency with online platform
Tallinn
Estonia, Other
B2B services, Digital solutions, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Reverse Resources
Bangladesh
59.4402061, 24.730356
SWEETS hotel upcycles Amsterdam's bridge houses into unique guest rooms
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Culture, Sports and Leisure activities, Housing and Urban development, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
SWEETS hotel
52.3666969, 4.8945398
BlueCity revitalises abandoned Rotterdam water park into circular laboratory
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Business incubators, Startups, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Housing and Urban development, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
BlueCity
51.919871, 4.5015089999999
Starlinger develops a closed loop model for polypropylene 'big bags'
Austria
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
Starlinger
47.4416148, 10.641396
A living ashtray – PuriFungi's mushroom eats festivalgoers' cigarette butts
Brussels
Belgium
B2B services, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Culture, Sports and Leisure activities, Innovation and investment
Good practice
PuriFungi
Ashtrays
50.8503396, 4.3517103
Saltgae develops microalgae technology as sustainable alternative for wastewater treatment
Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Food, water and nutrients, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
SaltGae Stakeholder Platform
Kujala waste symbiosis in Smart and Clean Lahti
Lahti
Finland
Chemical management, Energy and waste-to-energy, Governance, Soils, soil improvement and restoration, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Industrial symbiosis - Kujala Waste Centre Lahti
60.9511018, 25.7665453
Thanks to smart design, Stella Soomlais' leather bags can be re-cut and re-made as smaller items
Tallinn
Estonia
Circular design, Clothing and Fashion industry
Good practice
Stella Soomlais
59.4405736, 24.7303896
From seafood waste to food packaging: CuanTec develops a new circular and compostable bioplastic made with chitosan
Motherwell
United Kingdom
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Food, water and nutrients, Packaging
Good practice
CuanTec
55.8351541, -3.9556949
Usitoo: a functional economy catalogue that lengthens the use-time of products
Brussels
Belgium
Digital solutions, Product as a Service
Good practice
Usitoo
50.8456654, 4.3230708
Sneakers made by nature
Venice
Italy
Clothing and Fashion industry
Good practice
WAO
45.569498, 12.112422
Globe Hope: a pioneer in upcycled textiles since 2003
Nummela
Finland
Clothing and Fashion industry, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Globe Hope
60.3430086, 24.3178
ISATIÓ crafts into beauty what would otherwise go to waste
Brussels
Belgium
Clothing and Fashion industry, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
ISATIÓ
50.8308014, 4.4018552
Suckõrs uses naturally growing reed to produce reusable, biodegradable drinking straws and a novel material for goods
Kuressaare
Estonia
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Personal and household goods
Good practice
REEDEST
58.2460687, 22.4648634
The Next Closet sells second hand designer fashion online
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Clothing and Fashion industry, Digital solutions, Reuse
Good practice
The Next Closet
52.36934, 4.870394
RePack's reusable and returnable packaging combines end-of-life guarantee with social economy
Amsterdam, Hamburg, Helsinki, Salt Lake City
EU
Packaging, Recycling, Social Enterprise
Good practice
RePack
Sulapac: a bio-based alternative to plastic
Helsinki
Finland
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
Sulapac
60.1631203, 24.9401725
Wolkat - a family business closing the loop on textile recycling
Tilburg
Netherlands
Chemical management, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Wolat
51.594062, 5.010775
With Sika's adhesive, conveyor belts can be repaired on-site to save resources and increase longevity
Baar
Other
Machinery and Equipment, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Sika
Switzerland
47.1953729, 8.526087
CupClub is rolling out a daily reusable packaging service for drinks across London offices
London
United Kingdom
B2B services, Product as a Service
Good practice
CLUBZERO
51.5170923, -0.088760900000011
Votechnik's automated recycling machine meets demand for depolluting waste electronics
Limerick
Ireland
Chemical management, Electronics and ICT, Innovation and investment, Recycling
Good practice
Votechnik
52.6638367, -8.6267343
M-LS by O.C.O Technology: a carbon-negative limestone aggregate created with residues from waste to energy residue
Brandon, Avonmouth, Leeds
United Kingdom
Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
O.C.O Technology
52.4521488, 0.62337819999993
HERA moves beyond waste management to prevention for medicines, foods and bulky goods
Bologna
Italy
Food, water and nutrients, Pharmaceuticals, Public services, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Gruppo Hera
44.501691, 11.3547535
ValueWaste: Unlocking new Value from urban bioWaste
CARTAGENA
Spain
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
VALUEWASTE
37.6271152, -0.95156150000003
Karun upcycles harmful waste into high quality sunglasses
Åre
Italy, Sweden, Other
Personal and household goods, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Social Enterprise
Good practice
Karün
Chile
63.3990428, 13.0815058
Adhesives industry: water-soluble adhesives facilitate return and reuse bottle schemes and end-of-life recycling
Ludwigshafen/Rhein
Germany
Circular design
Good practice
FEICA
49.4751287, 8.4437954
Cycle Terre: excavated soil from urban areas becomes construction raw material
Sevran
France
Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Cycle Terre
48.93897, 2.538716
Eyewear made of recycled and oil-free materials
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Personal and household goods, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Dick Moby
52.365714, 4.8910971
Raytent: high-quality yarns and fabrics made from solar tents industry cut-offs
VILLIMPENTA
Italy
Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
RAYTENT
45.14486, 11.01235
Sharing platform Werflink enables construction companies in Belgium to reduce waste by re-using materials
Belgium
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Digital solutions, Reuse
Good practice
Werflink
50.8503396, 4.3517103
GIDA purification plant: PPP providing high-quality water for the textile industry while limiting water consumption
Prato
Italy
Public services, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
GIDA
43.85097, 11.08233
La Caverne d'Ali Baba: a re-use library for art students at ESA Saint-Luc, Brussels
Bruxelles
Belgium
Reuse
Good practice
Fédération des Récupérathèques
réemploi de matériaux
Super Circular Estate: joining material and social circularity to respond to citizens' new demographics and needs
Kerkrade
Netherlands
Governance, Housing and Urban development, Public services, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social impact
Good practice
UIA - Urban Innovative Actions | Kerkrade
50.8530378, 6.0633862
VertECO: a vertical ecosystem for indoor and outdoor greywater treatment
Vienna
Austria
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials, Water
Good practice
Alchemia Nova | European projects
48.1945695, 16.275441
Saint Francis of Assisi: rendering a religious community sustainable and circular
Assisi
Italy
Governance
Good practice
Fra' Sole
43.074862, 12.6054835
Greenrail: innovative & eco-sustainable railway sleepers
Milan
Italy
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Mobility and transport, Recycling
Good practice
Greenrail
'Own Less Live More' - just borrow from the 'fashion library'
Amsterdan
Netherlands
Clothing and Fashion industry, Product as a Service
Good practice
LENA
Plastics recyclates: Plastship offer services for better quality and marketability
Waldems
Germany
B2B services, Chemical management, Measuring circularity, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
plastship
50.2490487, 8.3090946
Novamont: MATER-BI® products made from bioplastic
Novara
Italy
B2B services, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
MATER-BI
45.456298, 8.6390321
Circular and Bioeconomy Centre: promoting industrial symbiosis in Lapland
Kemi
Finland
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Industrial symbiosis, Mining, metals and minerals
Good practice
Kiertotalouskeskus
65.7536909, 24.5768022
esosport: from worn out sneakers to flooring for playgrounds and sports facilities
Italy
Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Social impact
Good practice
esosport
Italian Association for Expanded Polystyrene: Compacting expanded polystyrene to reduce storage and transport costs
Milan
Italy
Circular action for climate neutrality, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
AIPE
45.4885258, 9.1510882
Mercato Circolare: an app for finding circular economy products, services and initiatives
Turin
Italy
B2B services, Digital solutions, Education and skills, Empowering Consumers
Good practice
Mercato Circolare app
45.0665712, 7.6750082
Ultra thin White Topping: durable and resource-efficient solution for asphalt roads
Leeuwarden
Netherlands
Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure
Good practice
Betoninfra
52.5945065, 6.1004927
Alisea: corporate gifts can be circular
Vicenza
Italy
B2B services, Packaging
Good practice
Alisea
45.5861656, 11.5347061
Rifò: regenerating noble textile fibres into timeless garments
Prato
Italy
Clothing and Fashion industry, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social impact, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Rifò - Circular Fashion Made in Italy
43.8858371, 11.098128
Lessmore: modular, repairable and recyclable furniture
Italy
Circular design, Furniture
Good practice
Lessmore
45.8196644, 8.8261359000001
Idea Plast: decades of design and production experience bring playful new life to recycled plastics
Italy
Furniture, Housing and Urban development, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Research
Good practice
Idea Plast
Funghi Espresso: from coffee grounds to mushrooms
Florence
Italy
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Education and skills, Food, water and nutrients, Industrial symbiosis, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
Funghi Espresso
43.8040139, 11.2708982
Prespaglia: Modular straw-based insulation
Modugno (Puglia Region)
Italy
Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure
Good practice
Prespaglia
41.0827212, 16.7824423
From the production of agricultural lime to summer barbecues, olive pits make a perfect circular fuel
Kalamata
Greece
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
KLIMIS
37.050636, 22.0599428
Biopolymer Hydal is made from waste cooking oil and is 100% recyclable
Prague
Czechia
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
Nafigate Coorporation
50.1183986, 14.4978324
Gumdrop: used chewing gum as an alternative to plastic and rubber
London
United Kingdom
Recycling
Good practice
GUMDROP Ltd
51.5178735, -0.22447020000004
SK-Tex transforms old clothes into insulation products
Senica
Slovakia
Circular action for climate neutrality, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
SK-Tex
48.6798645, 17.3610002
DyeCoo uses reclaimed CO2 as the dyeing medium in a closed loop process
Weesp
Netherlands
Chemical management, Industrial symbiosis, Textiles, apparel and leather, Water
Good practice
DyeCoo
52.3080507, 5.0406217
Genesis Biopartner: Turning organic waste into energy and fertiliser
Filipestii de Padure, Prahova
Romania
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Energy and waste-to-energy, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Genesis Biopartner
45.0891906, 26.0829313
The Ecotic Caravan: teaching people why it's important to recycle waste electrical and electronic equipment
Romania
Behavioural incentives, Education and skills, Recycling
Good practice
Ecotic
45.943161, 24.96676
Green Group Holding: Transforming waste into resources
Romania
Ceramics and Glass, Chemical management, Electronics and ICT, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
GreenGroup
45.943161, 24.96676
Atelier Extramuros: demonstrating the value of upcycling waste wood into furniture
Gennevilliers (Ile-de-France area)
France
Education and skills, Furniture, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Atelier Extramuros
48.925525, 2.293275
Ecopneus: recycling end-of-life tyres
Milan
Italy
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Energy and waste-to-energy, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Ecopneus
45.486216425275, 9.173426477246
Ecoplasteam: recycling multi-layer packaging into a polymer
Soinetta Marengo (Alessandria)
Italy
Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
EcoAllene®
44.8824825, 8.6820549
Banca Regională Pentru Alimente Cluj (Cluj Regional Food Bank) redistributes the food we waste to people in need
Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Food, water and nutrients, Social impact
Good practice
BRAC
46.7712101, 23.6236353
In 2018, Océ (Canon Production Printing) investigated the drivers and barriers when it comes to using recycled plastic in manufacturing
Netherlands
B2B services, Machinery and Equipment, Research
Good practice
Canon
51.3848308, 6.1707649
Orange Fiber converts orange waste into a versatile, biodegradable fabric
Catania
Italy
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Industrial symbiosis, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Orange Fiber
37.5168513, 15.0875356
Compastor Technology: efficient composting
Mosonmagyaróvár
Hungary
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
Compastor
47.8681469, 17.2689169
Elak Electronics sells online, but hasn't bought any packaging since 2017
Brussels
Belgium
Packaging, Refuse, Re-think, Reduce
Good practice
Elak
50.848725, 4.34132
Commown: rent your smartphone or PC!
Strasbourg
France
Electronics and ICT, Personal and household goods, Product as a Service
Good practice
Commown
48.5734053, 7.7521113
Kierrätyskeskus: promoting reuse and changing mindsets
Helsinki
Finland
Education and skills, Empowering Consumers, Retail, Reuse
Good practice
Kierrätyskeskus
60.1698557, 24.9383791
Favini: manufacturing paper with agro-industrial and leather waste
Rossano Veneto
Italy
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Industrial symbiosis, Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), Recycling
Good practice
Favini
45.6904482, 11.8106245
Automotive industry: plastic recyclates offering prime-like performances in new parts
Neuburg a.d.Donau
Germany
Batteries and Vehicles, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
WIPAG
48.7302674, 11.1887693
Ballymun's boiler house is now a 3D textbook on reuse
Ballymun
Ireland
Education and skills, Housing and Urban development, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
The Rediscovery Centre
53.3977548, -6.2632284
ReStart® Programme at Tarkett
Paris
France
B2B services, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Corporate Procurement, Recycling
Good practice
Tarkett
48.856614, 2.3522219
Wiltz - a Circular Economy Hotspot in the heart of the Ardennes
Wiltz
Luxembourg
Public services, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Wiltz
SuperDrecksKëscht®: promoting efficient waste management
Colmar-Berg
Luxembourg
Behavioural incentives, Empowering Consumers, Recycling
Good practice
SuperDrecksKëscht®
49.8101893, 6.0933606999999
Ecotrel: collecting and processing WEEE with an eye to the circular economy
Belvaux
Luxembourg
B2B services, Behavioural incentives, Electronics and ICT, Empowering Consumers, Recycling
Good practice
Ecotrel
49.815273, 6.129583
Luxembourg's Climate Pact 2.0: circular economy as a key pillar
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Governance, Public procurement, Public services
Good practice
PacteClimat 2.0
49.6021487, 6.1299691
Fairphone created the world's first ethical, modular smartphone
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Circular design, Electronics and ICT
Good practice
Fairphone
52.3771125, 4.9203593
Vanhulley: New products from textile waste
Groningen
Netherlands
Circular action for climate neutrality, Clothing and Fashion industry, Education and skills, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Vanhulley
53.2190162, 6.5665771
Infinited Fiber: regenerating cotton-rich textile waste into Infinna™ textile fibres
Espoo
Finland
Clothing and Fashion industry, Industrial techniques, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Infinited Fiber
60.1599746, 24.6333398
MéGO!: from cigarette stubs to plastic secondary raw material
Bourg-Blanc
France
B2B services, Chemical management, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
MéGO!
48.4995, -4.50657
Circulose: turning textile waste into dried sheets of pulp
Sweden
Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Circulose
59.3116454, 14.0722627
Resortecs: technologies to facilitate textile recycling
Waarschoot
Belgium
Circular design, Industrial techniques, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
Resortecs
51.1514819, 3.6060488000001
ECOALF: Upcycling the Oceans project collects marine trash and turns it into quality yarn
Alicante
Spain
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Upcycling the Oceans project
40.426258, -3.6933151000001
Bracenet: Unique wristbands made from the 'ghost nets' polluting the seas
Hamburg
Germany
Circular action for climate neutrality, Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise
Good practice
Bracenet
53.5510846, 9.9936819
Klättermusen makes outdoor clothing and backpacks from recycled polyamide and polyester
Åre
Sweden
Personal and household goods, Recycling
Good practice
Klättermusen
63.3990428, 13.0815058
ECOALF: making clothes from recycled and regenerative fabrics
Madrid
Spain
Clothing and Fashion industry, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather
Good practice
ECOALF
40.4260636, -3.6969538
Verdura Shoes turns fishing nets into fashion statements
Piombino
Italy
Clothing and Fashion industry, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Verdura Shoes
42.9256335, 10.5258891
Räubersachen: Rent your baby clothes
Halle / Saale
Germany
Clothing and Fashion industry, Personal and household goods, Product as a Service
Good practice
Räubersachen
51.4576547, 12.0378507
Water2REturn turned wastewater into added-value agricultural products
Malaga
Spain
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Food, water and nutrients, Industrial symbiosis, Recover, Regenerative economy
Good practice
Water2REturn
37.4183764, -6.111619
Kalundborg Symbiosis: six decades of a circular approach to production
Kalundborg
Denmark
Industrial symbiosis, Power and utilities, Recycling, Refineries
Good practice
Kalundborg Symbiosis
55.686429, 11.089188
Metsä Fibre: making full use of wood product side streams
Äänekoski
Finland
Agriculture, fertilisers and forestry, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Energy and waste-to-energy, Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Metsä Fibre
62.5914538, 25.756188
ReLondon: encouraging Londoners to generate less waste
Greater London
United Kingdom
Behavioural incentives, Public services, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
ReLondon
51.5073509, -0.12775829999998
Ljubljana turned invasive plants into recycled paper
City of Ljubljana
Slovenia
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), Recycling
Good practice
Knotweed project
46.0569465, 14.5057515
Sfridoo: platform where manufacturers can buy and sell industrial waste
Bologna
Italy
B2B services, Digital solutions, Industrial symbiosis, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Sfridoo
44.4836241, 11.3486266
Munich's secondhand store Halle 2 is a testbed for the circular economy
Germany
Public services, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Reuse, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Halle 2
48.1351253, 11.5819805
PAPERCHAIN: New market niches for pulp and paper industry waste in the construction, mining and chemical sectors
Spain
Industrial symbiosis, Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
paperChain
Green Deal Circular Procurement
Mechelen
Belgium
Corporate Procurement, Public procurement
Good practice
Circular Flanders | Circular Procurement
51.0258761, 4.4775362
PET to PET Reycling:The bottle-to-bottle loop
Müllendorf
Austria
Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Bottle-to-Bottle
47.8363214, 16.4508621
Junker app: Recycling is just a click away
Bologna
Italy
Digital solutions, Empowering Consumers, Recycling
Good practice
Junker
44.5095774, 11.3493846
DKWU (German Cartridge Reprocessing Company): promoting re-use over recycling of laser printer cartridges
Hamburg
Germany
Machinery and Equipment, Reuse
Good practice
DKWU
53.5510846, 9.9936819
ROCKWOOL: Rockcycle® recycling programme for stone wool
Hedehusene
Denmark
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling
Good practice
Rockcycle® programme
55.651123, 12.194711
van de Sant: furniture made from recycled plastic waste
Emmen
Netherlands
Furniture, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Van de Sant
52.7132367, 6.9557766
Interface: circular carpet tiles
Scherpenzeel
Netherlands
Circular design, Energy and waste-to-energy, Furniture, Recycling, Reuse
Good practice
Interface
52.0789297, 5.4880645000001
Volpy brings smartphones into the circular economy
Bastia
France
Behavioural incentives, Electronics and ICT, Empowering Consumers, Recycling
Good practice
Les Pépites Tech | Volpy
42.697283, 9.450881
Catalan government: boosting the circular economy through green public procurement
Barcelona
Spain
Governance, Public procurement
Good practice
Gencat
41.3850639, 2.1734034999999
Closing the Loop: collecting e-waste in Africa and recovering the materials in Europe
Amsterdam
Netherlands
B2B services, Electronics and ICT, Recycling, Social impact
Good practice
Closing the Loop
52.394333, 4.9947228999999
DGNB certification: bonuses for applying circular economy principles in sustainable construction
Stuttgart
Germany
Behavioural incentives, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Measuring circularity
Good practice
DGNB
48.7758459, 9.1829321
Ecopixel: recycled and recyclable plastic
Porto Valtravaglia
Italy
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
ECOPIXEL
45.960772, 8.6790570000001
Repair Network Vienna: information on how to have household items repaired - or how to do it yourself!
Vienna
Austria
Electronics and ICT, Empowering Consumers, Personal and household goods, Public services, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose
Good practice
Reparaturnetzwerk Wien
48.1747968, 16.3744046
Solidarity Computers Initiative
Oviedo
Spain
Electronics and ICT, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social impact
Good practice
eco.nomia
Cement recarbonation: how cement can store carbon dioxide
Brussels
Belgium
Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Circular action for climate neutrality, Industrial techniques
Good practice
Cembureau: recarbonation
50.8503463, 4.3517211
Attero: treating waste as a resource
Venlo
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular action for climate neutrality, Circular design, Energy and waste-to-energy, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber
Good practice
Attero's mission
51.3703748, 6.1724031
RCYCL: collecting and sorting bulky waste
Eupen
Belgium
Personal and household services, Public services, Social impact, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
RCYCL
50.6292029, 6.0337111
Destaclean: From construction waste to construction material
Vantaa
Finland
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Destaclean
60.2933524, 25.0377686
Traditional Christmas ham goes circular with the HamTrick campaign (Kinkkutemppu)
Helsinki
Finland
Empowering Consumers, Recycling
Good practice
Kinkkutemppu
61.92411, 25.7481511
Geocycle: making construction more sustainable
Retznei
Austria
B2B services, Cement, Steel, Chemicals, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Energy and waste-to-energy, Recycling
Good practice
Geocycle
47.516231, 14.550072
ReMade in Italy: how to measure the circularity in a product
Milan
Italy
Measuring circularity
Good practice
ReMade in Italy
41.87194, 12.56738
R.U.S.Z.: Giving a second life to electrical and electronic appliances
Vienna
Austria
Personal and household goods, Product as a Service, Repair, Refurbishment, Remanufacture, Repurpose, Social Enterprise, Social impact
Good practice
Reparatur- und Service-Zentrum R.U.S.Z / Repair and Service Centre R.U.S.Z
48.2081743, 16.3738189
EconomiaCircolare.com: Atlas of circular economy experiences in Italy
Lainate
Italy
Awareness raising, B2B services, Digital solutions
Good practice
EconomiaCircolare.com
45.5709318, 9.0257547
Close the loop in ceramic industry
Larissa
Greece
Ceramics and Glass, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
TEI of Thessaly
39.6390224, 22.4191254
Cradle-to-grave recycling process at Mosca GmbH
Waldbrunn
Germany
Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Mosca GmbH
49.4657039, 9.0807902
Basque Ecodesign Center
Bilbao
Spain
B2B services, Business incubators, Startups, Circular design
Good practice
Basque Ecodesign Center
43.2630126, -2.9349852
IMPACTPaperRec: the impact of separate collection of paper on the circular economy
Valencia
Spain
Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), Recycling, Research, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
IMPACTPaperRec
39.4699075, -0.37628810000001
FLOOW2 facilitates B2B asset sharing
Oisterwijk
Netherlands
B2B services, Digital solutions, Industrial symbiosis
Good practice
FLOOW2
51.5654487, 5.20258
PSLoop Project: recycling expanded polystyrene foam demolition waste containing HBCD
Terneuzen
Netherlands
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
PSLoop
51.3322854, 3.8324265
BAMB project: Do you see a Building... or a Bank of recyclable Materials?
Brussels
Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure
Good practice
BAMB project
50.8503463, 4.3517211
The city of Almere and Millvision turn water plants into paper
Almere
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI), Recycling, Water
Good practice
City of Almere
52.3507849, 5.2647016
SYMBI project: Sharing Materials to Minimize Waste
Merida
Spain
Industrial symbiosis, Public services, Research
Good practice
SYMBI project
38.9394272, -6.365157
When it comes to recycling aluminium, Every Can Counts
Brockhill
EU, United Kingdom
Behavioural incentives, Empowering Consumers, Mining, metals and minerals
Good practice
Every Can Counts
51.081328, 1.0672837
Ioniqa: closing the loop on PET waste
Eindhoven
Netherlands
Circular design, Industrial techniques, Packaging, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling
Good practice
Ioniqa
51.441642, 5.4697225
The CircularLab: an innovation centre driving on the circular economy
Madrid
Spain
Behavioural incentives, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Empowering Consumers, Packaging, Recycling, Research
Good practice
TheCircularLab
40.4167754, -3.7037902
Port of Rotterdam: a bio-based ‘rejuvenator’ returns asphalt to its original specifications
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Recycling
Good practice
Port of Rotterdam
51.9244201, 4.4777326
SubsTer®: Transforming quarry tailings into fertile soil
Jarville la Malgrange
France
Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Circular design, Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure, Industrial symbiosis, Recover, Regenerative economy, Soils, soil improvement and restoration
Good practice
SubsTer®
48.673932, 6.200932
Stimergy: recycled heat from server rooms provides hot water
Monteynard
France
Electronics and ICT, Energy and waste-to-energy, Industrial symbiosis
Good practice
STIMERGY
44.9793282, 5.7013008
Cooperation between Aurubis and Grillo-Werke yields a perfect closed loop for copper and zinc
Lünen
Germany
Industrial symbiosis, Industrial techniques, Mining, metals and minerals, Recycling
Good practice
Closing the Loop project
51.6104829, 7.5285074
From waste water to biofuels: ECO3 bio- and circular economy business area
Nokia, Tampere, Ylöjärvi
Finland
B2B services, Bioeconomy and Biomimicry, Industrial symbiosis, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
ECO3
61.4977524, 23.7609535
INDRA: recycling end-of-life vehicles
Villefontaine
France
B2B services, Batteries and Vehicles, Digital solutions, Education and skills, Mining, metals and minerals, Recycling, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
INDRA
45.613538, 5.150093
Aquafil makes ECONYL®, a regenerated nylon yarn
Arco
Italy
Circular design, Plastics, Polymers and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, apparel and leather, Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Good practice
Aquafil
45.9178609, 10.8855763

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