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New ideas from circular economy audits for Riihimäki's resource wisdom work
In the city of Riihimäki, an extensive circular economy audit of the entire municipal group was carried out in autumn 2019.
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2020-06-15
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With circular economy towards sustainable development
The European Commission launched the European Green Deal, a green development programme and roadmap, at the beginning of the year. Its mission is to pave the way for sustainable growth and towards cli...
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2020-06-09
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Pioneering municipalities Ii, Jyväskylä and Rovaniemi release their road maps to circular economy
In the Circwaste project designed to promote circular economy, the pioneering municipalities Ii, Jyväskylä and Rovaniemi have published their road maps to circular economy to guide the resource wisdom...
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2020-02-12
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Public procurements can expedite low-carbon circular economy
Public procurements and investments can be the force to steer us towards low-carbon circular economy.
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2020-02-12
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Young people brainstorming circular business models – Circula game as sounding board
In the future, more and more people may find employment based on circular economy. A wonderful game called Circula, especially designed for young people, illustrates some of the business opportunities...
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2020-02-11
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Jyväskylä is the circular economy municipality of 2019
The City of Jyväskylä was announced as the winner at the Kuntamarkkinat municipal fair on 11 September. The City of Lappeenranta and the City of Oulu received honourable mentions.
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2019-11-20
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Information flow must be improved in order to avoid hazardous substances from being reused
Finland aims to promote circular economy as part of the mitigation of the climate crisis and the sustainable use of natural resources. However, problems for the health of people or the environment mus...
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2019-11-20
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An event called Tulevaisuuden palasia presented tangible examples of the circular economy
The Circwaste project participated in an event called Tulevaisuuden palasia at the Finnish science centre Heureka by building a smartphone puzzle, which taught about the raw materials required for mak...
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2019-11-20
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Pioneering municipalities active on the path of circular economy
In 2017, the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) selected ten pioneering municipalities in circular economy. The aim has been to promote material-efficiency and recycling in the municipalities in a t...
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2019-11-20
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Take a biogas bus for a silent and almost zero-emission ride
The local transport in the Jyväskylä region in Finland has used environmentally-friendly low-emission biogas buses since July.
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2019-11-20
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Lahti becomes the European Green Capital in 2021
The City of Lahti is a Circwaste pioneering municipality and a FISU-municipality and now it is the first Finnish city to be appointed as the European Green Capital.
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2019-08-16
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Resource-wise public procurement requires stronger resources
Public procurements help facilitate circularity and create safer living environments. The state of public procurement has been assessed with a number of surveys, the results of which keep highlighting...
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2019-08-14
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Hazardous substances now on everyone’s lips
The circular economy is currently a hot topic in Finland. One of the objectives of the recently published Government Programme is to strengthen Finland’s role as a circular economy pioneer. From the p...
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2019-08-14
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The environmental impact of plastic packaging can be halved in the next ten years
According to VTT, halving the environmental impact of plastic in the next ten years is possible by improving plastic recycling, replacing plastics with renewable materials and changing consumption hab...
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2019-08-14
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Action taken in Southwest Finland to reduce food wastage
In Southwest Finland, the problem of food wastage is being tackled by creating a roadmap for reducing food wastage throughout the food supply chain from food production to the plate of the consumer.
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2019-07-19
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Central Finland’s Nova hospital to pioneer in resource-efficiency
In 2020, the new Nova hospital will be completed in Kukkumäki, Jyväskylä. The hospital will minimise the amount of waste through modern waste management systems and rational use of resources.
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2019-07-16
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Plastic Pat Wanted – recycling plastics in Lappeenranta
The Lappeenranta Region’s Environmental Office, with its partners, wanted to increase the awareness of the circular economy and the negative impacts of littering, and to prevent the access of micropla...
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2019-07-15
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Surplus food supermarket WeFood granted the CIRCWASTE award for promoting circular economy
The WeFood surplus food supermarket has been granted the first ever CIRCWASTE award for promoting circular economy. WeFood, the first surplus food supermarket in Finland, opened at the REDI shopping c...
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2019-07-15
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Textile recycling plays a significant role in the mitigation of climate change
A textile-themed webinar organised by the Circwaste project discussed the current state and future views of textile recycling in Finland. The theme is quite topical, because the change in the EU’s Was...
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2019-07-12
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New products from the side streams of Finnish wood production
A partner of the Circwaste project, the Pielinen Karelia Development Center PIKES seeks, models, and tests sustainable utilisation methods of by-products and waste, as well as the related new business...
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2019-07-08
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