Tag: circular economy
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Circular Berlin’s 2025 in a nutshell – Working towards a circular city, together
A year shaped by collaboration, experimentation and progress As 2025 comes to an end, we look back on a year shaped by collaboration, experimentation and steady progress toward a circular city. Circular Berlin refined its strategic direction, advanced key projects across Europe, explored new impact areas and deepened partnerships that strengthen Berlin’s transition towards a…
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Connecting Technology and Space for a Circular Economy
Published by How can industrial areas become drivers of a circular and resilient city?The new Guide Book “Tech & Spaces for Circular Economy” explores this question by linking technological innovation with spatial transformation and shows how collaboration between sectors can turn urban industrial sites into future-proof ecosystems. Developed by Circular Berlin and Creative Climate Cities in collaboration with WISTA Management GmbH, the…
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Where Ideas Connect: Re:use – Re:think – Re:volution
The BookSprint Re:use – Re:think – Re:volution, initiated by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, brings together innovative impulses and diverse perspectives to outline what a truly comprehensive Circular Economy could look like. The contributions demonstrate how strategies on repair, textiles, social responsibility, and digitalisation interconnect to form a coherent and future-oriented system. At its core, the BookSprint…
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Driving Circular Economy: Circular Berlin’s 2024 Innovations
As 2024 draws to a close, we at Circular Berlin reflect on a year marked by significant achievements, collaborative endeavors, and a steadfast commitment to advancing the circular economy in our city. Building upon the foundations laid in previous years, we’ve expanded our initiatives, engaged with diverse communities, and fostered innovation across various sectors. Building…
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Takeaways from the AGYLE Live Week – Circular Economy Edition
As part of the 2024 AGYLE – African German Young Leaders in Business cohort, I had the unique opportunity to join the programme´s Live Week in Berlin, from 16th to the 20th September. The AGYLE programme is a project by Deutschland Land der Ideen that aims to connect young African and German leaders from business,…
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Reducing food waste in the hotel industry with zero waste and circular strategies
by Robert Hattaway Last year saw the conclusion of our 2-year project on food waste, a topic with huge environmental, social, and economic ramifications. Working together with partners NEW STANDARD.STUDIO, Seminaris Hotel, and visitBerlin, we explored this topic in the context of hotel gastronomy, looking at how the circular economy and zero waste approaches can…
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Driving Sustainable Construction: Exploring DGNB, LEVEL(s), and DIN’s Impact on Circular Construction.
by Alethya Cuberos and Daniela Raffo Organizations like DGNB (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen), LEVEL(s), and DIN-Normenausschuss Bauwesen (NABau) (Standards Committee for Building and Civil Engineering), play significant roles in promoting sustainability, setting standards in the construction industry, and also shaping and promoting responsible approaches within the construction and building sectors. While the three entities…
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Circular Berlin’s 2023 in a nutshell
As we bid farewell to yet another impactful year, it’s time to take stock of the incredible strides we’ve made at Circular Berlin. The past twelve months have been transformative, filled with challenges, successes, and an unwavering commitment to our mission of circularity. Let’s journey through the highlights of our endeavors and contributions in 2023:…
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AI in Circular Construction: current reality or a concept for the future?
by Alethya Cuberos Technologies for the construction sector to transition to the circular economy Along with the implementation of the circular economy strategies, such as extending building lifespans, redesigning with circularity in mind, reusing components, and recycling materials. We should also keep in mind the development of the new technologies that help to scale the…
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Exploring the Role of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Circular Economy.
by Tabitha Ashley Opondo Technologies for the construction sector to transition to the circular economy If the construction sector wants to completely transition to a circular economy, then sustainable practices should be carried out from the initial planning stage. This article will break down how the sector can enhance material circularity using Building Information Modelling…
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3D Printing: is it a new technological path for the circular solutions in construction?
by Tabitha Ashley Opondo Technologies for the construction sector to transition to the circular economy The construction industry has long been known for its unsustainable practices, with buildings often being designed and constructed with little regard for their environmental impact. However, as concerns about climate change and resource depletion continue to grow, there is a…
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Circularity in fashion – How can it be reached?
In December 2022 Janka Eckert and Julia Kline invited us to a webinar on “How to become circular with your fashion brand in 2023”. Janka and Julia are sustainable fashion consultants and support companies in their transformation in becoming a sustainable player in their industry. Through their expertise, they have developed “The Sustainable Circle”, a…
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Circular Berlin’s 2022 in a nutshell
Circular Berlin celebrates 4 years of active involvement in the circular economy development in Berlin. Let us take a look at the main highlights and learnings in 2022, and celebrate it jointly, as without your support it would be difficult. Building a stronger community Our community of members continues to evolve as we keep on…
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Circular City Business Tour Berlin – An exchange program with Israeli enterprises.
Between the 22-25th of November 2021 Re-Fresh Global & Circular Berlin ran a 3 day exchange program in Berlin for Israeli organizations, textile manufacturers and experts working in different fields of circular economy and social entrepreneurship. The activities were supported by the Israel Economic & Trade Mission, Germany, and the German-Israeli Future Forum Foundation. The…
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Circular Berlin’s 2021 in a nutshell
Another year has passed, and Circular Berlin now celebrates 3 years of active involvement in circular economy development in Berlin. It was an exciting and productive year for us and our community. Let us look together at what the main highlights and learnings of 2021 were for Circular Berlin. Building a stronger community Collaboration is…
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Striving for Impact within a circular economy.
In our community of changemakers, such words as: “mission”, “impact”, “change”, and “transformation” are used quite often. Every new social and environmental organization has set up big and ambitious goals to change the current system towards becoming more sustainable, inclusive, fair and social. Within Circular Berlin, we believe that the circular economy is only one…