European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform

How can the #CircularEconomy revive the Sustainable Development Goals?      A new paper by Chatham House Environment and Society explores how the circular economy could support each of the 17 #SDGs and argues for this concept to be put at the heart of emerging plans to drive sustainable development towards 2050.     Read more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ZQcsbj  

👕 The second-hand clothing sector is paving the way for a more sustainable future by driving clothing reuse, extending garment lifespans and reducing the demand for new textiles. A thriving second-hand clothing sector can accelerate our transition to a more circular textile industry, while also delivering significant socioeconomic benefits globally. A new report written by Oxford Economics quantifies the socioeconomic benefits of this sector in the EU, the UK and three selected African countries. Join the online report launch on 9 October at 10:00–11:30 CEST to explore how the second-hand clothing trade operates and gain new insights into its value chain, socioeconomic impacts and the policies shaping the industry. ➡ https://bit.ly/3ZWngEV

Lithium-ion batteries 🔋 are pretty much everywhere these days: mobile phones, computers, scooters, bicycles, motorbikes and vehicles. And despite containing those very useful elements classified as #CriticalRawMaterials, most of them end up in landfills. Not good. 😐 AIMPLAS · Technological Institute of Plastics METALLON project aims to improve the process of reusing and recycling ♻ complex waste such as lithium-ion batteries in order to recondition them and give them a second life. If this is not possible, the project wants to optimise recycling and recovery processes to extract and recover the #lithium and other high-value metals and minerals they contain. Learn more about METALLON ➡ https://bit.ly/3ZRxYwa #lithium #battery #reuse #recycle #criticalrawmaterials

How can regional resources drive Europe's #bioeconomy? 🌱 The #HorizonEurope SCALE-UP project is helping stakeholders to develop #sustainable and #circular bioeconomy projects in six regions: 🌲 Northern Sweden: transforming forestry residues into #bioenergy and high-value chemicals 🍏 Mazovia, Poland: converting apple side-streams into fertilizers, wood products, and functional food ingredients 🌾 Arc Atlantic, France: utilising straw and fibre crops, like flax and hemp, for paper, textiles, and construction materials 🍽 Upper Austria: turning food processing by-products into #biogas, chemicals, and functional food ingredients 🌿 Strumica, North Macedonia: composting agricultural residues such as crop residues and manure 🌱 Andalusia, Spain: processing olive residues into high-value chemicals and fertilizers The project is also offering 21 free online bioeconomy training sessions, multilingual training materials and events to strengthen multi-actor partnerships. Check them out 👉 https://bit.ly/3TTo49s

📅 Interested in #CircularEconomy events in October? 🎃 We have several interesting events on our Platform covering topics such as innovation & entrepreneurship, energy transition, the blue economy, cities & regions, textiles, cement and much more! ➡️bit.ly/3KWR0bR Are you organising a circular economy workshop, seminar or conference? Fill in the form to share your event with circular economy community ➡️bit.ly/3WkQj33

#Polymers! They are everywhere and compose most of our #Plastics goods. Recycling polymers ♻ presents multiple challenges with sorting and effectively separating the different components as to maintain their unique qualities. This is the prerequisite for high performing #Recyclates that can serve the industry in reaching #Circularity while maintaining their quality standards. PRIMUS Project EU is a research project involving a consortium of 12 partners including technological centres, universities and industries, with the aim to develop new polymer #recycling #technologies. So far the project has developed four prototypes for use in the automotive and appliance sectors, proving that it is possible to integrate high-performing recycled polymers into industrial applications without compromising safety or quality. Read more ▶ https://bit.ly/PrimusEU

Want to see at a glance what the #ECESP website has been publishing recently? We've added items on a range of issues, including how the BIOFAST project is getting bioplastics to degrade more quickly and the METALLON project is working on reusing lithium-ion batteries, the Circular Valley Forum 2024, the Circular Sweden platform, Chatham House's report on How the circular economy can revive the Sustainable Development Goals, and the first B-Trust Masterclass on co-creating biotech trust in agri-food and bio-based industries. Do tell us about what you're doing in the circular economy field: we'd love to publish items on it!   See our website for the summary: bit.ly/4gGCV0Q

Don't forget to have a look at our Linkedin groups! Textiles Economic incentives Circular bioeconomy Citizen engagement and circular behaviour Network governance and circular economy hubs Circular built environment Biodiversity and climate Implementing the Green Deal and competitiveness CRMs and industrial symbiosis It would be great to get a good discussion going (and it's very satisfying approving requests to join!). So, if you have an interest in any of these areas, do get involved!

❗ Last chance to register for tomorrow’s #EUCircularTalks Join us for a lively panel discussion diving deep into #digital #circular procurement topics. Don’t miss the opportunity to interact and ask questions. 👉 https://bit.ly/3XhpTOG

Piloting #Cities and #Regions towards #Circularity? Well, 📢 the first DECISO project Annual Conference is coming up!    It’ll take place on 9 October in Brussels and focus on Cities and Regions investing in circular solutions - from idea to practice.   During the first main session on ‘City & Regions Talks’, you’ll get feedback from the four DECISO pilots. During the second main session, you'll hear from international projects developing #advisory and technical #assistance services for the #circulareconomy.       The Conference will be accessible on site and online but just remember: if you’re coming to Brussels, #EURegionsWeek will be going on at the same time, which will give you plenty more opportunities 😉   More info and registration link ▶ https://bit.ly/deciso24