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.
Last 14 January CircLocal’s partners of Leeuwarden (The Netherlands), Coimbra (Portugal), Novo Mesto (Slovenia) and SERN (Belgium) gathered for an online session. They discussed the project outcomes and shared ideas about possible paths of collaboration beyond project’s life span. They all agreed that CircLocal had largely raised awareness on circular economy within their local communities,…
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…
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…
As the world population increases and economies progressively rely on linear (rather than circular) production to meet their demand for energy, water and food among others, companies have been under enormous pressure to find resources and accommodate waste and emissions. Although, only a small share of the total is reused or recycled as secondary materials,…
Discover the best practices adopted by Leeuwarden and Frysland region in circular procurement. Presented at the interregional workshop on 26 April, they provide insights on Raw Materials Flow Analysis, Biobased Cycling Bridge, Circular-built bridge operating central, and Rapid Circular Contracting. The workshop focused interesting regional practices that are put in place at the local level…
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…