| Posted June 1, 2026

Building Circular Societies with People and for People

Building inclusive circular societies requires more than technological solutions: it depends on new skills, sustainable behaviours, and concrete local actions that empower communities to drive change. At the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform Annual Conference 2026, CSCP’s Rosa Strube hosted a session that centred around one core question: How can we make circularity work not only for systems and materials, but also for people? The session “Building an inclusive circular society – new skills, sustainable behaviours, concrete actions” brought together perspectives on a topic that is central to much of our work: the human side of the circular economy. “Circularity is […]

| Posted May 12, 2026

Building Capacities to Deliver Food System Transformations

The transformation toward sustainable food systems requires more than just a vision. It demands a clear and actionable framework as well as implementation capacities. In the Flavours of Change Cup project, the CSCP is bridging the gap between strategy and action by equipping European project partners to lead transformations in their local food systems. What’s the goal of the Flavours of Change Cup? The Flavours of Change Cup project, which was launched in late 2025, aims to promote the social and professional inclusion of migrants (particularly women) in the culinary sector, and foster sustainable food practices and intercultural exchange. The CSCP […]

| Posted April 20, 2026

Save the Date: Join Us at the Repair & Share Festival on 31 October 2026!

What if repairing products became the default rather than the exception? How can a single day demonstrate what this could look like in practice? How many products could be given a second life in just one day? This will be at the heart of our Repair & Share Festival 2026 in Wuppertal, Germany, the flagship closing event of our FAB Region project. The festival will bring repair and second-hand practices closer to everyday life and showcase how circular consumption can become an attractive and viable alternative to buying new. The festival marks the closing event of Circular Week 2026, creating a […]

| Posted March 23, 2026

From Household Insights to Practical Tools: The Creative Approach of Our CARE Project

How can circular lifestyles become part of everyday routines at home? In our CARE project, together with partners, we are developing the Circular Academy and the CARE Toolbox, including creative formats such as a fashion magazine and a cookbook to mobilise action, not just raise awareness. At a CARE meeting held in March 2026 in Helsingborg, Sweden research organisations, civil society actors, and municipalities from across Europe came reflected on their work with households and explored ways to transform these insights into practical tools that organisations across Europe can use to support circular living. The CARE project explores how everyday practices […]

| Posted March 20, 2026

Call for Ideas: Pilot Projects on Repair, Reuse, and Food

How can we make products and everyday items last longer instead of throwing them away—by repairing a broken electronic device, mending a favourite pair of jeans, or giving old wardrobe pieces a second life? At the same time, food is far too valuable to end up in the trash—yet it happens every day. Across the value chain, from production and retail to our homes, significant amounts of food are wasted. In the process, valuable resources such as energy, water, fertilisers, and packaging are lost. That’s why we need to ask a key question: How can we better value food and protect […]

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New Community of Practice Launched to Accelerate Local Circular Action

How can cities move from individual circular economy efforts to systemic change? In the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), a new initiative is taking this question head-on. With the launch of the Community of Practice (CoP) Circular Cities NRW, a state-wide platform will connect key actors and turn shared ambition into collective action. Funded by the Ministry of the Environment, Nature and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the CoP Circular Cities NRW builds on the strong momentum of the thematic working group on circular cities, initiated and co-led since 2024 by the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia together […]

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From Collection to Circularity: European Municipal Waste Companies in Action

After nearly a year of intensive exchange and collaboration, the Community of Practice (CoP) of municipal waste companies has successfully concluded. Running from May 2025 to March 2026 as part of the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) Communities of Practice, the group brought together experts from municipal waste companies and waste management representatives from cities and regions from across Europe to explore how municipal waste companies (MWCs) can unlock circularity at the local level. MWCs are uniquely positioned at the interface between citizens, municipalities, and material flows. Building on this role, the Community of Practice focused on how they can […]

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Join Our AlgaeProBANOS Summer School 2026!

Algae-based products can contribute to healthier diets, sustainable materials, and sustainable innovations. Yet, despite these advantages, they remain rather unfamiliar and under-adopted. Join our AlgaeProBANOS summer school 2026 and learn how to co-create sustainable products, increase their market acceptance, and creatively showcase their benefits to the wider public! In the AlgaeProBANOS project, the CSCP supports algae entrepreneurs in increasing the market acceptance of their products by co-creating their sustainability storylines and supporting the exhibiting of their products. Starting from June 2026, you will have the unique opportunity to join the AlgaeProBanos online summer school to deepen your skills on sustainable innovation, […]

| Posted March 19, 2026

Community Is Key

Recent years have shown how quickly assumptions can be overturned: from the return of global pandemics to war on European soil to sudden shifts in geopolitical alliances. In parallel, the impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly more visible, with extreme weather events intensifying, sea levels rising, and ecosystems facing unprecedented stress. These challenges and uncertainties impact people, businesses, and institutions. So, how are we supposed to navigate through this maze of a crisis? A starting point is through strengthening our resilience. Resilience takes many forms, from individual mental strength and business continuity to the ability of supply chains to withstand […]

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“I Advocate a Human-Centric Approach to Sustainability”

Jannik Schüürmann’s expertise spans neuroscience, applied psychology, and business information systems. He has joined the CSCP as a Project Manager, with a focus on designing and implementing behaviour change interventions that promote sustainable practices. In this interview, he talks about the moments and experiences that shaped his career and life, and discusses the motivations that drive his work today. Thinking back, what defined the first years of your career path? Sustainability wasn’t always the conscious driver in my life, at least not at first. My early curiosity was much more “hands-on”: as a teenager, I took computers apart, compared components, and […]

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