Name
Closed plastic circle in Helsinki region and Espoo
country
Finland
Goal
The main goal of the Closed Plastic Circle project is to get 60–70 percent of the plastics in the Helsinki metropolitan area to circulate instead of the current 6 percent figure. The manufacturing and burning of plastics creates carbon dioxide emissions. If plastics were recycled into material, the emissions caused by burning them would be avoided. Ending the burning of plastic would reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the Helsinki metropolitan area by 336,000 tonnes. This is an equivalent amount to the yearly emissions of about 80,000 people in the capital. We are developing a tracking tool that will be used to measure the completion of the goal.
Main Topic
Responsible and circular economy: mobilizing industry for a clean and circular economy
All Topics
Responsible and circular economy: mobilizing industry for a clean and circular economy
Scale
  • City and peri-urban
Actors
  • Local government
Main Activity
Designing policies and/or (management) strategies
Activities
  • Not specified
Source
This initiative was provided by the SGD consortium.
This initiative is self-reported and not identified by the SHARED GREEN DEAL Consortium
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CONTACT

For further details please contact co-leads Dr Chris Foulds (chris.foulds@aru.ac.uk) and Dr Rosie Robison (rosie.robison@aru.ac.uk).

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101036640. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies with the SHARED GREEN DEAL HAS project and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.