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New Report: Mapping Berlin’s Journey Toward Circular Electronics
Published by How circular is Berlin’s electronics sector today? And what needs to change so our devices stay in use longer? Our team at Circular Berlin is proud to announce the publication of our latest analysis: The 2026 Circular Electronics Report. This comprehensive study maps the current landscape of the electronics sector in our city and…
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Position Paper on the EU Circular Economy Act (CEA)
Published by Circular Berlin, Circular Black Forest and the Steinbeis Consulting Center Circular Economy welcome the European Commission’s initiative to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy through the proposed Circular Economy Act (CEA). A framework for systemic circular transformation The draft Act marks an important step towards a more circular Europe. To achieve real impact, it needs to…
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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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Politische Empfehlungen für EPR für Textilien in Deutschland
Published by Deutschland entwickelt derzeit ein nationales System der Erweiterten Herstellerverantwortung (EPR) für Textilien – als Reaktion auf die überarbeitete Abfallrahmenrichtlinie (Waste Framework Directive, WFD) (Richtlinie 2008/98/EG) vom März 2025. Diese Entwicklung ermöglicht es, die nationale Textilabfallpolitik systematisch an den Prinzipien von Nachhaltigkeit, sozialer Gerechtigkeit und globaler Verantwortung auszurichten. Während das EPR-Rahmenwerk der EU eine…
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Stellungnahme zur Nationalen Kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie (NKWS)
Written by Circular Berlin, Circular Black Forest, Circular Munich e.V und das CircularPSP-Konsortium und Empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations– und Technologieforschung mbH begrüßen die umfassende und systemisch angelegte Nationale Kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie (NKWS). Kreislaufwirtschaft als Vision für die Gesellschaft Der aktuelle Entwurf vom 18. Juni 2024 konzentriert sich auf Hinweise zur wirtschaftlichen Transformation, ohne eine gesellschaftliche Vision zu…
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Essay: “Revalue your clothes – implementing a circular textiles economy”
Written by published in 3rd BKHS Magazine grows a valuable cooperation for our upcoming exchange project between Ghana & Germany We are excited and proud to announce our publication titled „Revalue your clothes – implementing a circular textiles economy” in the third edition of the Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt Foundation Magazin on this year´s topic “Remaking…
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White paper: Interactive design tool for multidisciplinary planning with re-use building components
Written by The construction industry faces the enormous challenge of significantly reducing negative environmental impacts on climate and resource consumption and, in addition to technical feasibility, also developing incentives for this necessary change. The increasing scarcity of resources calls for new and simple solutions to remove used resources from buildings with low CO2 emissions and…
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Download DIN SPEC on Zero Waste
A consortium of NGOs, science and business formulated a DIN SPEC on a zero waste vision for companies. During the one-year development process of the DIN SPEC, Laura Grotenrath represented Circular Berlin as a delegate of the coordinating body for standardization work of environmental associations (Koordinierungsstelle für Normierungsarbeit der Umweltverbände/ KNU)
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Report: Investigating the potential of Centers for Urban Remanufacture
Written by CURE, Centres for Urban Remanufacture, is an international research project aimed to promote material recovery through re-manufacture in different cities. The CURE Pathfinder project explored the possibility of establishing Centres for Urban Re-manufacture (CUREs) in different cities, estimated the potential benefit these centres may generate in Berlin and Gothenburg and tried to engage…
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Report: Circular economy in Berlin’s construction
Written by Last year Circular Berlin took part in a big project run together with EIT Climate-KIC, building a circular construction ecosystem in Berlin. Of course building the ecosystem is not a one year task, it is a long way to go, but we are glad to keep the ball rolling. During 2019 Circular Berlin…
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Workshop results: Berlin Circular Fashion approach
At the beginning of 2019 Circular Berlin and Future Fashion Forward e.V. teamed up to organize the fourth and last workshop of the Circular Berlin event series targeting the issues of local waste streams in Berlin and bringing together municipalities and industry actors in different fields. After looking at the Construction Industry, at Material Urban Remanufacturing specifics…
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Designing Away Waste: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Reuse and Remanufacture Initiatives
Designing Away Waste: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Reuse and Remanufacture Initiatives Transformation towards the circular city or circular society is a long process, which is hardly explored. It is a process where the outcomes are not fully predictable. Despite the fact that a lot of research was already initiated in the last years to…
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Workshop results: Circular economy in the Berlin food sector
On the 26.02 Circular Berlin together with the partners Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie, visitBerlin, HealthCapital, and BeShared hosted our third multi-stakeholder workshop on the topic of Circular Economy potentials for Food and Biomass streams in Berlin and Berlin religion. The challenges of food waste, unsustainable agriculture and alternative ways of dealing with the biomass were addressed during the…
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Workshop results: Center for Urban Remanufacture
On the 06.12 Circular Berlin together with the CURE project partners (TU Berlin – Chair for Circular Economy and Recycling Technologies, Material Mafia, and OMA e.V.) hosted a workshop on the topic of Berlin Center for Urban REmanufacture. Already during the preparation phase, we were more than excited to receive more than 100 registrations from…
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Workshop results: Circular construction in Berlin
On the 20.11 Circular Berlin together with EIT Climate-KIC hosted a workshop on the topic of Circular Construction. Among others, the objective was to discuss current challenges for this field and what the potentials are to set Berlin Construction on the circular rails. Circular Construction is an approach, which requires a lot of discussion and…