Re:newcell has made Rayon from recycled cotton and created the first dress from 100% recycled cotton. They are also building textile recycling factories throughout Europe.
In 2008, in a world first, three complementary companies - INDRA, SITA, and RENAULT pooled their respective expertise and resources to managing and distri
In a newly published framework from the IWA: Water Utility Pathways in a Circular Economy, transitionary pathways for utilities are described, that position them as engines for sustainable growth.
RAU Architects redeveloped an existing cluster of buildings into a 24,000 m2 head offce for energy grid company Liander, housing more than 1500 workers.
When the Municipality of Amsterdam buys new office furniture, the supplier takes back the old furniture, even if they did not supply it in the first place, and repairs, refurbishes, or recovers materi
The Circular Innovation Program 2016-2018 provides insight into the most important innovation projects and developments in the city in the field of Circular Economy and the way the City of Amsterdam a
A free zone is a shopping street with more flexible regulations. Residents, entrepreneurs, property owners and the municipality decide together which rules must still apply.
The research project 'Antwerp, the circular city of tomorrow' aims to generate new insights at the crossroads of urbanism, circular economy and spatial tasks in Antwerp.
Belo Horizonte’s municipal Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction (APGHGER) has established a Greenhouse Gas emissions reduction target of 20 percent by 2030.
Berlin's Waste Management Plan 2012-20 specifies the key steps needed for the development of waste management in the city into a modern, closed-loop system.
Birmingham’s Green Commission is a partnership that acts as an advisory body to the City Council and the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership on all matters relating to the env
Birmingham’s Waste Strategy aims to: 1) Prevent waste; 2) Create a 'circular economy'; 3) Work in partnership to reduce and reuse waste; 4) Maximize recycling and reuse; and 5) Move away from a 'one s
Atelier Productive Metropolis BXL is an initiative in Brussels that proposes giving old industrial sites a new lease on life by focusing on attracting innovative production activities.
The role of Budapest's Integrated Urban Development Strategy is to determine the city’s mid-term development duties, along with programs for the Budapest City Council.
The Educo Project consists on the collection of Used Cooking Oil (UCO) at schools to produce biodiesel, involving students and creating jobs for people at risk of social exclusion.
CLEAN seeks to create an attractive platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration among Danish and international companies, knowledge institutions, organisations and authorities.
Within the project Ecofeste, the Municipality of Cremona has adopted a "Decalogue of good practices" that will be the reference point for event organizers pointing towards reduction in the amount of w
Dortmund has adopted a process of the city's redevelopment, adopting sustainable criteria around greater infrastructure for flood prevention, river revitalization projects, parks and gardens throughou
The Dublin City Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2010-20 aims to prioritise and elaborate on the main energy-related actions arising from the climate change strategy.
The Eastern Midlands Waste Regional Plan sets out specific and measurable performance targets and aims to foster cooperation between the Eastern-Midlands, Southern and Connaught- Ulster Waste Regions
Since the beginning of 2013, Frankfurt has developed the “Masterplan 100 % Climate Protection” – a vision of how the city can halve today’s final energy consumption by the year 2050 and meet the remai
In 2008, the Frankfurt city council approved the city's participation in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and launched the project "Fit for the Future - Learning to Sustain in Fr
The G'innove program, managed by the Agenda 21 - Sustainable City service, is intended to provide financial support, limited in time, to projects presenting a societal innovation.
The Environment directorate (Direction générale de l’environnement - DGE), in conjunction with the Cantonal energy board (Office cantonal de l’énergie - OCEN), the Foundation for industrial land in Ge
Green Gothenburg works to increase national and international recognition of the Gothenburg region as a leader in environmental and sustainable development.
The innovation platform for sustainable and attractive urban development is an initiative of the City of Gothenburg, Johanneberg Science Park and the research centre Mistra Urban Futures.
The collection service is made on request of citizens. The collection on demand allows the collection of certain types of waste that cannot be collected by the conventional ways.