Projects for Municipalities

Circular Economy project for the municipality of Tampere, Finland (2016)

Circular Future was part of an international team of experts advising the City of Tampere about the development of an industrial district called Hiedanranta. The team is powered by the Finnish cleantech company Solved and managed by consultancy Ethica.

Hiedanranta is an old industrial area that the city of Tampere wants to transform into a thriving and attractive urban area with 25 000 residents and 12 000 – 15 000 jobs. The approach for the development is unique: the city has branded the planning stage as Väliaikainen Hiedanranta (Temporary Hiedanranta) and has opened the planning process for anyone interested in participating in the process: residents, companies etc. The idea is to find out needs and collectively generate new ideas, as well as create positive hype around the area. Two planning workshops have taken place and the Hiedanranta website documents all the activities, stories and ideas, thus building the image of the area right from the outset.

The aim is to create a first-class and internationally renowned urban area with circular & digital solutions, which attracts companies and investors and contributes to economic development, new jobs creation, increased well-being and quality of life of future residents and strengthens the image of Tampere as a forward-looking cleantech city.

The project was  a great succes, with the outcoming idea as follows:
– Meet the needs of future residents through an attractive system of services
– Develop the city as a platform for sharing economy
– Advance profitable circular business models

Link: http://ethica.fi/en/hiedanranta-makes-tampere-a-forerunner/

Waste flow study in industrial area Waarderpolder for the City of Haarlem, Netherlands (2016-2017)

On September 1, 2016 Circular Future started as a partner of Evolv is involved in a study  commissioned by the City of Haarlem on closing material flows in the industry park Waarderpolder.  The study made an inventory of existing material flows and put forward proposals on how to close them. It was carried out by Evolv with Circular Future andFABRIC. Arthur performed interviews with dozens of companies in the Waarderpolder – and co-organized two interactive sessions with stakeholders. 

In addition to a number of concrete cases, the final report Circulaire Waarderpolder Haarlem gives 8 recommendations to support the Waarderpolder in the transition to a circular economy. They include taking the circular economy as the starting point for tenders for public space, and appointing an expert to assist companies in the search for circular opportunities and in collective procurement of waste management, with a focus on high-value reuse of material flows.

City of Rotterdam, as Coop ARC Project team member in cooperation with Rebel (2015)

This project resulted in the Roadmap Circular Economy Rotterdam, with Arthur ten Wolde one of the authors working for Coop ARC. Two main recommendations were to take ‘Embed’, ‘Act’ and ‘Inspire’ as the framework for the City’s involvement in circular economy, and to ensure maximum connection with existing structures, programs, economic pillars, private sector networks and national & international programs.