Good practice
★ 92
AfB social & green IT: Disability-Inclusive IT Refurbishment
Europe's largest nonprofit IT company refurbishes corporate hardware and resells it — including at reduced prices to schools and nonprofits — while …
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Circular economy & critical materials
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- Material recovery · 1
- Reuse & remanufacture · 11
- Critical raw materials
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★ 92
Centro de Recondicionamento de Computadores (CRC) — Belo Horizonte's Circular-Economy Digital Inclusion Hub
Since 2008, Belo Horizonte's municipal IT company Prodabel has run a computer-reconditioning centre that trains low-income youth to refurbish donated PCs, distributing …
Good practice
★ 91
Halle 2
Halle 2 is a municipal-led second-hand store combining circular economy principles with the aim of actively supporting sustainable lifestyles by Munich’s residents. …
Good practice
★ 88
Close the Gap - Mombasa Circular Economy Hub for Refurbished ICT
Close the Gap refurbishes decommissioned European computers at its Mombasa Circular Economy Hub, selling low-cost units to Kenyan SMEs and schools while …
Good practice
★ 86
BlueCity — circular-economy incubator (Rotterdam)
A former Rotterdam swimming pool turned circular-economy hub where 55+ entrepreneurs turn each other's waste into raw materials — a flagship of …
Good practice
★ 86
Hiedanranta — a smart, circular district as a testbed (Tampere)
Tampere is building Hiedanranta, a 100-hectare district planned for 25,000 residents, as an open testbed for circular-economy, energy and smart-city experiments before …