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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...
On the 7th of May ZUsammenKUNFT, Kunst-Stoffe, Material Mafia, Circular Berlin and the Chair of Circular Economy and Recycling Technologies of TU-Berlin presented the idea of establishing a “Haus der Materialisierung” as one of the pioneer users at the Haus der Statistik initiative. The event took place at the Werkstatt...
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 assess the outcomes, to make a step...
On the 9th of April, we had the honor to host our first community meet-up. It was an extraordinary event meeting so many enthusiasts, organizations and experts in this field under one roof. The event was jointly organized with other Berlin active projects and organizations, pushing the topic Circular Economy and...
Digitalisation and climate change are two important factors that have many influences on how we live, plan and build our cities. Industrial production processes account for about a third of greenhouse gases worldwide and in Europe only about 40% of the materials are recycled or reused. The circular economy is...
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...
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...
The world is full of wonderful projects, where people strive for positive changes! We are very proud to be featured among them in the movie Towards Human City, together with Open Source Circular Economy Days, and Natural Building Lab. The project Towards the Human City aims to identify, document and...
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...
Prepared together with Naveedh Ahmed Sekar, M.sc Environmental and Resource Management Materials play a central role in the current Circular Economy debates. Biodegradable? Recyclable? Fair and transparent? Not toxic? Independently of an industry, search for the best material match to the product specification and function is a challenge. It remains the hot...
