Editor’s choice
Editor’s choice
The problem is that circular solutions are dispersed, their applicability is not tested beyond a particular case, and they are not tailored nor mainstreamed widely enough to create acceptance by businesses and consumers. Change(K)now! will overcome this barrier by a) prototyping solutions, b) testing and evaluating them, and c) innovating existing circular solutions for food delivery so that they are easier to adopt at four levels: municipal strategic management and communication framework, institutional catering, event-type eating, take-away and home delivery.
A training programme on the set of solutions will transfer project outcomes via local multipliers. Training on circular solutions will enable municipalities to work as sustainability hubs by better mainstreaming circularity in their activities and territories, nudging businesses to reduce the environmental footprint of their operations, and shaping residents’ behaviour to change their consumption decisions.
The project involves 23 partners from the Baltic Sea Region – Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Finland and Sweden.
Project lead partner:
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (Latvia)
This project is funded by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region 2021-2027 programme and co-funded by the European Union.
Estonian Environmental Investment Centre co-finances activities of SEI Tallinn, Baltic Environmental Forum and Baltic Restaurants Estonia AS in the Change(K)now! project.
The catalogue aims to match the solutions and practices to the challenges of circular food delivery systems in the BSR municipalities. It presents examples of circular food delivery approaches and needs for the further development of circular food delivery systems in the BSR.
The policy recommendations provide guidance on how to create enabling conditions for reusable systems, how to mobilise public-private cooperation, and how to design policies that translate regulatory ambitions into real environmental impact.
The online course covers transition to reusable deposit systems in three main clusters – institutional catering, events, and takeaway.
Head of Unit, Senior Expert (Green and Circular Economic Transformations Unit)
SEI Tallinn
Project / BALTIPLAST project supported the prevention and reduction of single-use plastics and plastic packaging in the Baltic Sea Region.
Project / ChemClimCircle will address the linkage between chemicals, climate and circularity issues in public procurement.
SEI brief / SEI Tallinn conducted the study of food waste loss in Estonia's food supply chain. About 167 000 tonnes of food waste are generated in Estonia each year.
