Circular economy

Deadline: 21 April 2020 at 13.00 CET The Nordic Innovation call for proposals Circular Cities & New Circular Solutions is Nordic Innovation's two-fold effort to challenge Nordic cities, companies, public bodies, industries, NGOs and other stakeholders to team up for new high-impact projects and to...

A new Circular Economy Action Plan was adopted by the European Commission on 11 March as part of a policy package to support European industry and the European Green Deal. The Action Plan aims to make the European economy fit for a green future, strengthen competitiveness while protecting the...

The conference “Responsible Industry Leading the Sustainable Development on the example of Industry Clusters Connecting Circular Economy”, organized by the Regional Council of Lapland in cooperation with European Commission (GROW.F2), Digipolis Oy (circular economy cluster) and City of Kemi, Finland...

When did you touch 150 ecodesigned industrial products “Made in the Basque Country”? 700 professionals will meet 55 companies sharing practical knowledge on how to make more business, greening products and services by Life Cycle Thinking. The “Basque Ecodesign Meeting 2020” will be held in Bilbao...

11-12 February 2020 Industrial Clusters and Circular Economy Responsible Industry Leads the Sustainable Development – Snow-castle seminar hall, Kemi, Finland “To learn, experience, observe, adapt, network and to match-make” Regional Council of Lapland in cooperation with European Commission...

"At least 250 green clusters in Europe are daily pushing the green transition forward. Helping companies to access the newest knowledge, testing new green business ideas and developing new green innovations. All of this accelerating, changing and supporting European businesses to be more focused on...

In the EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy, the European Commission defines circular economy as follows: “In a circular economy the value of products and materials is maintained for as long as possible; waste and resource use are minimised, and resources are kept within the economy when a...

Registration deadline: 07/10/2019 The webinar scheduled on 08-10-19 | 10:00 h - 11:00 h is targeted to EU companies seeking to collaborate with Japanese business in the area of circular economy. In 40 minutes from your desk, you will discover: The Japanese circular economy policies (national...

The 4Ps of success SME collects and re-uses coffee grounds to produce mushrooms 25 % of turnover in 2018, concludes three years of increasing turnover PermaFungi, an urban agricultural and circular economy organisation in Brussels, collects and re-uses coffee grounds from restaurants to cultivate...

Consumers are fully aware of companies deliberately reducing the useful life of products through planned or built-in obsolescence, along with its negative impact on the environment. Extending the lifetime and durablility of products is essential to optimise the use of resources and minimise waste...

On 11 December 2018 the European Commission announced the launch of the Circular Plastics Alliance, an alliance that gathers public and private stakeholders in the plastics value chains and has the purpose of improving the quality and economics of plastics recycling in Europe and ensuring the 10...

The big sustainable swap Sustainable solutions introduced by major catering services company The move away from single-use cups leads to big savings and environmental gains Sodexo provides catering services to a large IT company based in Cork, Ireland which employs around 2 000 people. Every year...