The Circularity Gap Report 2023
Circle Economy, in collaboration with Deloitte Netherlands, has published today the Circularity Gap Report 2023 and the result is not pleasant. Due to rising material extraction and use the global situation is getting worse. The global circular economy is shrinking from 9.1% in 2018 to 8.6% in 2020 and 2023 the global economy is now […]
Separate collection rates for plastic packaging in Austria
According to the EU Circular Economy Package, recycling of plastic packaging waste (PPW) has to be enhanced significantly by 2025 and 2023. Dieter Schuch, together with Jakob Lederer, Johann Fellner and Christoph Scharff, published a paper about separate collection rates for plastic packaging in Austria taking collection systems and urbanization into account. The separate collection […]
New post in our Factbook!
Prof. H. Rechberger, together with C. Roithner and O. Cencic, from TU Wien, Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management, has written a paper on the topic of a novel indicator for the recyclability of products. The recyclability of a product depends on three spheres: 1) the product itself with its material composition, 2) the […]
ISIE SEM 2022 – Congratulations!
At the 14th Socio-economic Metabolism (SEM) conference of the International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE) on “Transfering socio-economic metabolism in times of multiples crisis” the focus lied on the sustainable handling of plastics and plastic packaging. This year the conference was held at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), bringing together industrial ecologists […]
ISIE SEM Conference 2022
The Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), together with the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) and TU Wien, organise the 14th ISIE Socio-Economic Metabolism section conference. The conference will take place at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) from 19-21 September 2022. CEC4Europe is very delighted and honoured to […]
Honorary doctorate for Prof. Helmut Rechberger
We would like to take this opportunity to cordially congratulate our CEC4Europe Vice-Chairman Professor Helmut Rechberger. The University of Antwerp has conferred him an honorary degree for his research on anthropogenic material cycles and sustainable waste management. Professor Helmut Rechberger examines how we humans can take nature as an example for good recycling. Through his […]
Circular Economy Summit Austria 2022
The Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, together with Circular Economy Officer, Harald Friedl, invites to this year’s Circular Economy Summit on 22 March 2022. The event will be held hybrid at the Aula der Wissenschaften in Vienna and digitally. In addition to the presentation of the new circular economy […]
SUM 2022 – 6th Symposium on Circular Economy and Urban Mining
The SUM Symposium, organised biennially since 2012 by IWWG–International Waste Working Group, nowadays represents the ideal reference Forum for Circular Economy and Urban Mining, where scientists and stakeholders can debate the most advanced results and focus on future needs. The 2022 edition will take place from 18th to 20th May 2022 in the fascinating venue of Capri, Italy. All details available at the […]
More circular economy made in Austria
Due to resource scarcity and climate change, the EU wants to move away from the current throwaway society towards a circular economy. To achieve this, more waste must be recycled in the future. The new Christian Doppler Laboratory for Recycling-Based Circular Economy at TU Wien is investigating how this can be achieved. The CD-Laboratory was […]