Embark on the circular economy journey!
Take a look at the video for a glance over the project. Discover the outcomes of the project and learn the best practices implemented by the municipalities of Leeuwarden, Coimbra and Novo Mesto.
Embark on the circular economy journey!
Take a look at the video for a glance over the project. Discover the outcomes of the project and learn the best practices implemented by the municipalities of Leeuwarden, Coimbra and Novo Mesto.
As part of the European project CircLocal, the Municipality of Novo mesto (Slovenia) has established a local network of organizations active in the field of circular economy and connected them on a special website called “Novi Krog” – “New Circle” The website explains the basic concepts of circular economy, circular public procurement and Zero Waste….
The first interregional Workshop for CircLocal took place the 26/04/2021, split up into a morning session from 10.00 – 11.50 and after that, an afternoon session from 15.00 – 16.45 (CEST). In addition, the workshop that Identify follow-ups projects for the structures and processes that work to incorporate social and environmental elements and an open…
Leeuwarden developed a pilot project with for the startup Zuen&Co, specialised in water-saving water tabs, tackling water shortage. The initiative is part of the Startup in residence programme launched by the Netherlands to connect startups and the public sector. The Startup in Residence programme encourages the use of public procurement contracts with innovative startups. The…
Europe Direct from Coimbra Region, in partnership with the CircLocal project, will launch the Webinar “European Circular Economy Plan: a cleaner and more competitive Europe”, on April 16, at 2.30 pm, on the webex online platform. This session will discuss over the European Circular Economy Plan, moreover presenting examples of good practice in the area…
On 25 February three partner municipalities, Leeuwarden (NL), Coimbra (PT) and Novo Mesto (SI), and a network of regions, SERN (BE) were online to launch the project CircLocal: a Circular Community. Ewout Oppers, covered the role of Project Leader, speaking for the leading partner Gemeente Leeuwarden. The project lasting one year focusses on setting up…
As of June 2021, Leeuwarden municipality has implemented a new contract for the delivery of IT equipment, that gives special attention to the circularity of the products. This mainly concerns the reuse of devices and the sustainable processing of raw materials.Laptops, screens, tablets and mobile phones that are written off after 3 years can be…