Neuigkeiten, Updates & Meinungen
With continuous digitalisation, increasing affordability of products and rapid urbanisation, cities produce enormous amounts of electronic waste. Read more about framing the electronics sector here. BSR's recycling centers separately collect a total of around 4 kg per person per year of old electrical equipment (Source). Berlin looks at the diverse...
On 03-04.06, as part of the Haus der Materialisierung project, Material Mafia, together with Circular Berlin and TU Berlin, organised the first seminar and the workshop on the topic of Printing Blankets You would ask: Printing Blankets? The rubber printing blanket is used in the process of offset printing. It...
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/...
The consensus is clear: electronics are one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world in terms of volume and environmental impact. For us, Circular Berlin, it was essential to start diving into this sector seeing the urgency it has for more circularity. With the help of five students...
On 28.04 Circular Berlin hosted the event Circular Hubs across Europe. We discussed the need and roles for such regional hubs in the transformation to the circular economy. We had the pleasure of speaking with: Cynthia Reynolds, Founder of Circular Oslo & Circular Regions; Laurène Descamps, Program Coordinator at Circular...
For the year of 2021, we are running a new event series called ‘Meet the Leads’. The aim of the series is to give participants the chance to ask leading circular economy experts their questions. Throughout the year we will have events with key circular economy experts in very specific...
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...
Tiermägen sind voll mit Plastik, eine Reparatur kostet zehnmal mehr als das Neuprodukt, Rücksendungen werden verbrannt – das klingt nicht nach geschlossenen Kreisläufen! Am 12.01.2021 war Kreislaufwirtschaft als Thema bei Netzwerktreffen bei der MarziPlan. Die Cradle to Cradle NGO setzt sich ein für Bildung & Vernetzung und spricht über Herausforderungen und Meilensteine,...
In Berlin mit über 3,7 Millionen Menschen gehen pro Jahr und Einwohner*in 85-89 kg Bioabfall verloren (Selbstkalkulation: Abfallbilanz 2017, Stand vor der Einführung der Bioabfall-Sammlung als Pflichttonne). Damit wird der natürliche Stoffkreislauf unterbrochen. Eigentlich könnte aus dem Abfall fruchtbarer Wurmhumus werden. Durch Kompostierung. Und das geht auch in der Stadt....
What a year! 2020 was extraordinary, different, challenging, life-changing, flexible, and other adjectives you can find to describe the whole situation. For us, in Circular Berlin, it was not an exception. We had to find our way to work differently, to adjust to the situation, and to keep on with...