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From Repair to a Circular Urban Society

Repair as a Key Urban Question Electrical and electronic devices are among the largest material streams in cities today. In Berlin alone, around 23,516 tons were discarded in Berlin . Many products have ever shorter lifespans, while repairs are often perceived as too complicated or too expensive. Yet...

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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...

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Circular Berlin’s Policy Recommendations on an EPR Framework for Textiles in Germany

Germany is currently developing a national Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system for textiles – in response to the revised Waste Framework Directive (Directive 2008/98/EC) adopted in March 2025. This development provides an opportunity to systematically align national textile waste policy with the principles of sustainability, social justice, and global...

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