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📢📖 Amplifying Circular Storytelling: Check out the finalists of the Circular Stories Programme from Circular Cities Asia ! In their Circular Stories Programme, PREVENT member Circular Cities Asia partnered with talent industry experts to provide young environmental changemakers with a platform to tell compelling stories about circular economy innovations in their local communities. Youth aged 18-25 were able to embark on an experimental learning journey. In a two-part online course, they discovered the principles of the circular economy and mastered the art of storytelling to amplify local voices of change. From a pool of incredible ideas, Circular Cities Asia selected five finalists. Each story pitch represents a diverse range of mediums, including blogs, documentaries, storybooks, and investigative articles. They highlight various aspects of the circular economy and sustainability. ✨ Check them out: 🟡 Unwrapping Sustainability: The Circular Economy with Natural Food Packaging, article by Noelle Cubacub 🟡 Protecting Tagubanhan Island, Documentary by Lady Kyla Balibagoso BULIlit’s Path to Purpose, storybook by Noelle Cubacub 🟡 All about “u” in Sustainability, blog post by Thao Vu, Giang Tran, Duong Hoang, Thy Tran 🟡 How a Barangay Initiative in Iloilo Is Reducing and Recycling Waste, feature article published in Esquire Philippines, by Kyla Presmei Depakakibo 🟡 How Plush Toys Weave Opportunities for the Women of Negros Oriental, feature article published in Esquire Philippines, by Joshua Mendoza Intrigued? ➡️ Find the full stories here: https://lnkd.in/eRwnxQjU

Season's greetings from the PREVENT Secretariat!🎄 As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to thank all our PREVENT members and all those who have supported us for making this year one worth looking back on! It’s been a busy 2024 and we’re excited for our little holiday break. Let’s take a quick look at some highlights of the year: ✨ Two Leadership Trainings for 32 changemakers from the PREVENT Waste Alliance ✨ Mobilising creative minds to develop innovative, inclusive, and data-driven circular business approaches in our Innovate2PREVENT Program ✨ PREVENT members taking over our booth at IFAT Munich ✨ Promoting circular solutions at the world circular economy forum 2024 ✨ PREVENT Waste Alliance members jointly developing a proposal to promote the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) technology in Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda ✨ PREVENT goes Latin America with our new webinar series ✨ The GAP for EPR Helpdesk takes off with its first pilot project ...and many more! For some interesting reading material over the holidays, check out the publications of 2024 on our PREVENT website! We wish you all a well-deserved holiday break (if you have one) and a peaceful, healthy, and happy New Year 2025! What are you doing to rekindle the energy you need to work towards a #circulareconomy in the new year? See you in 2025! ✨

The holidays can be a prime opportunity to clean out your closet - but have you considered the environmental impact of throwing away that sweater? Or the new one you’ve bought to replace it? 👕 The fashion industry contributes an estimated 4% to global greenhouse gas emissions 🏭 The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) approach makes producers responsible for a product at the end of its life. Our 🆕 working paper looks at how this approach could help mitigate the textile sector’s environmental impact. Some key findings: ➡️ Between 2010 and 2022, the reported export weight of used clothing by OECD - OCDE Member countries has increased by 59%. ➡️ Under current policies, plastic waste generated from synthetic textiles is projected to more than double by 2060. ➡️ EPR schemes can enable re-use and recycling by supporting separate waste collection, while transferring the costs from governments to producers.   ➡️ France is the first OECD Member country with a fully implemented national policy on clothing, but several more countries are beginning to design and implement new schemes. Explore all the paper’s insights 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eDBigidd Shardul Agrawala, Peter BORKEY, Andrew Brown, PREVENT Waste Alliance #OECD | #Textiles | #Waste

🚀 Apply now for the 8th Circular Valley Circular Economy Accelerator Program!   Circular Valley is launching the eighth round of its accelerator program for Circular Economy startups worldwide. ✨   ♻ The program is particularly interested in young companies whose innovative business models promise a significant positive impact on the environment. At the core of the program, startups will have the opportunity to connect with 160+ partners from the Circular Valley network.   📆 Applications can be submitted from now until January 5.   Please find more information on the post below! ⬇️ #circularvalley #circulareconomy #sustainability #homeofcirculareconomy

Don't miss the final session of the GAP for EPR webinar series "PROs around the Globe" this Wednesday, 1PM CET! ✨ "Making the Job of the PRO Easier: Alliances, Coalitions and an Open-Source EPR Registration Tool" will focus on alliances, networks and sharing resources for EPR implementation. As the final session of this series, the webinar will also discuss further networking opportunities and the establishing of an EPR peer-to-peer collaboration. 🤝 You are a PRO and would like to join such a network? Join the webinar through the link in the post below! ⬇️

🌱 How can we ensure that climate strategies prioritise product longevity and sustainable consumption to reduce global GHG emissions? PREVENT member GIZ is tackling that question in their new NDC guidance! 📖 The paper, written by the GIZ global programme 'Go Circular' outlines how practitioners and decision makers can identify and integrate Circular Economy measures into climate strategies. 🔄 The Guidance includes 27 Circular Activity Sheets that directly translate Circular Economy measures into practical climate reporting. Through these and other elements, it complements the Toolbox on Building Circularity into NDCs, issued last year by UNEP, UNDP and the UNFCCC secretariat.   Get an exclusive look into the Guidance on November 21st at #COP29! Find more information on the event and read the guidance in the post below! ⬇️ #sustainabilitymatters #NDC #climatechange

🌍🔬 Calling all innovators! 🌱 Got a groundbreaking idea in Sustainable Chemistry that can help combat climate crisis? 🌡️ We have just launched our Innovation Challenge 2025 in Sustainable Chemistry & Climate Change, offering a total prize pool of EUR 25,000 to start-ups and innovators worldwide! 🗓️ Apply now: The application period is open from Nov 19, 2024 to March 3, 2025. This is your chance to showcase solutions that drive climate change mitigation and adaptation through Sustainable Chemistry. 🌿 💡 For more details and to apply, visit 👉https://lnkd.in/gs2yn_-A Let's shape a greener future together! 🌎✨ #SustainableChemistry #InnovationChallenge #ClimateAction #GreenTech #Sustainability #SDGs

🗓️ The Global Action Partnership for EPR is taking a look at the potentials of Extended Producer Responsibility in the context of the plastics treaty on November 26 at INC-5 - don't miss it! EPR has proven to be an effective tool to address plastic waste and pollution and is recognised by the majority of delegations in the intergovernmental negotiating committee. In their INC-5 side event "Towards a common understanding of the potential of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the context of the Plastics Treaty," the GAP for EPR will explore how actions taken under the plastics treaty can accelerate EPR implementation. Bringing different perspectives together, the session addresses issues that arose in the intersessional work and provides potential roles that EPR could play. For those attending INC-5 in Busan, join the GAP for EPR on: 🗓️ November 26, 2024 🕛 11:30 - 12:30 (Korean time) 📍 On-site: Room 324, 3rd floor, Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO), Busan Register for the event through the link in the comments below! ⬇️ #INC5 #plasticstreaty #extendedproducerresponsibility