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Learn more Featured Regional Hubs ICLEI Circulars works with cities around the world to find circular solutions for locally specific challenges. Explore all Regional Hubs . South America Hub USA Hub Africa Hub Leading Circular Cities Meet more leading Circular Cities in our Regional Hubs . Nairobi Kenya Nairobi is one of Africa’s leading cities for the implementation of circular approaches. Through government and organisational support that affords local businesses incentives to undertake circular projects, the city has seen a growth in the adoption of circularity. Nairobi faces major waste management challenges such as health risks due to the lack of a sewer system across the city, and the illegal disposal of sewer waste. Organisations such as Sanergy, a social enterprise with investment from Finnfund and Kenyan state support, have undertaken improved solid waste management projects such as waste treatment. The group collects treat and upcycle waste with the aim of developing the largest organic recycling plant on the continent. Through their circularity based initiatives, Nairobi has begun the journey of reducing, reusing, regenerating and recycling solid waste. Malmö Sweden As a signatory city of the European Circular Cities Declaration , Malmö aims to incentivize circular urban development through net-zero initiatives, together with the industrial sector and its citizens. Several strategic plans are integrating Circular Economy approaches to facilitate this vision: the Goal 12 of the Environmental Programme for the City of Malmö 2021-2030, the Waste and Eco-cycle Plan 2021-2030, and the Strategy for Climate Neutral Constructions in cooperation with the Local Roadmap for Malmö 2030 are documents that directly address the need for ‘’resource efficiency’’. Circular development efforts across action plans can be translated into a set of priorities that the city is currently focusing on. Learn more Changchun China The city has designated a 10-square-kilometer circular economy industrial park to boost its circularity. Given that automotive manufacturing is the main industry, Changchun has the ambition to unlock the potential of end-of-life vehicles and keep the materials in use. The park will have incineration, food waste treatment facilities, medical waste treatment facilities, and car dismantling facilities. The city has invested to reallocate a thermal power station from another site to this industrial park, in order to maximally utilize material streams and resources. It is expected that the industrial park will attract further innovative circular economy investment. ICLEI´s Green Circular Cities Coalition is supporting Changchun to introduce a benchmarking practice into the city’s planning. Turku Finland The city of Turku is committed to a resource wise future with zero emissions, zero waste and a low ecological footprint with the sustainable use of natural resources by the year 2040. Turku aims at being carbon neutral by 2029 and climate positive with negative net emissions thereafter. To support these goals, Turku collaborates with regional partner to develop the Circular Turku roadmap. Read the Circular Turku report to learn more about Turku´s existing circular economy best practices. Mayor Minna Arve holds the Global Circular Development Portfolio at ICLEI and as such plays a championing role to support the localization of the circular economy within the network. Learn more ICLEI Circulars news Read the latest about circular development in cities 26 April 2024 City food procurement is an investment in our planet read more 24 April 2024 New ICLEI Member Metropolregion Amsterdam supports the transition to a circular economy in Europe read more 22 April 2024 (Circular) cities at the forefront: Insights from UrbanShift’s Latin America Forum read more 17 April 2024 Sustainable public procurement advances New European Bauhaus principles read more 17 April 2024 Latin American cities rally in unprecedented line-up of events as UN cancels regional climate week read more 29 March 2024 Confronting a burning issue: taking steps to eliminate open waste burning read more 25 March 2024 Local governments can use a guide for navigating New European Bauhaus-inspired projects read more Don’t miss a beat Subscribe to the ICLEI Circulars newsletter for stories of circular interventions at the local level around the world, resources and opportunities for local and regional governments, and more. Subscribe ICLEI Circulars is managed by the Circular Development Team at the World Secretariat (Bonn) in close collaboration with the ICLEI Regional Offices around the world. We are thankful to the financial support provided by the SUN Institute Environment and Sustainability and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) . About ICLEI Circulars ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network working with more than 2500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. Active in 125+ countries, we influence sustainability policy and drive local action for low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular development. Circular Development is one of ICLEI´s five strategic pathways towards sustainable urban development. Through the Circular Development pathway, local and regional governments decouple urban and economic development from resource consumption, encourage equitable access to resources and create closed-loop urban and peri-urban systems. They support new local economies that are productive and not extractive, where resources are exchanged and not wasted. ICLEI Circulars is managed by the Circular Development Team at the World Secretariat (Bonn) in close collaboration with the ICLEI Regional Offices around the world. Tweet : #ICLEICirculars Quick Links HomeLocal and Subnational Governments Coalition to End Plastic Pollution Resources News Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Impressum Subscribe for updates Contact Info ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 7 53113 Bonn, Germany 53113 Bonn, Germany +49 228 976 299 00 circular.development(at)iclei.org © 2024 Circulars - We are ICLEI...