Most towns and countries recognize the key role of the circular economy in achieving their climate and development goals. However, there is a lack of municipality-driven circularity solutions in urban contexts involving households and neighbourhoods.
The approach of the Circ@Home project includes circular solutions and services that offer opportunities for smart consumption, reuse and repair, development of the sharing economy, etc. This will form the so-called urban circularity triangle: Town-Home-Services.
SEI Tallinn is coordinating three key activities in the project:
1) The development of a concept for a circularity strategic framework (R-strategies) suitable for municipalities from a consumer perspective in the two project’s focus areas: a) Food and b) Non-food products (clothing, footwear, household appliances, home furnishing).
2) The development of a Local Circularity Hub Model that supports circular economy activities at the grassroots level and provides municipalities with tools to guide the circular economy on a bottom-up basis.
3) The publishing of the project concept frame and solution “The Urban Circularity Triangle: Town-Home-Services”.
The Circ@Home project runs from March 2025 to February 2028 and is funded by the EU-backed Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme.
Head of Unit, Senior Expert (Green and Circular Economic Transformations Unit)
SEI Tallinn
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