On the road again...

It is estimated that 40,000 bicycles are currently collected from private households, the majority of which are recycled as scrap metal - but we are committed to change that.

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City wide mattress collection trial launched

From February 1st until October 31st 2024 mattresses are collected for recycling

Compost made from a mix of compostable diapers and garden waste

Results from compostable diapers use, collection, and recycling test

At present, approximately 250 million disposable diapers are generated globally each day, with 300,000 of these being incinerated every minute, while the remainder ends up in the environment in other ways, such as landfills. In Copenhagen, diapers constitute the third-largest fraction of residual waste after food waste and plastic. In Copenhagen Municipality's daycares, diapers make up 31% of residual waste, equivalent to 10,500 tons annually.

Photo: Danish Technological Institute

Danish Innovation Pioneers Circular Solution for Recycling Polyurethane Plastic

Collection box for used small electronic devices

Copenhagen Launches Electronics Reuse Initiative

Copenhagen, in collaboration with environmental company Ragn-Sells, is proud to introduce an initiative helping Copenhageners to hand in their electronic devices for reuse.

What is Circular Copenhagen?

Circular Copenhagen is an innovation platform run by the City of Copenhagen with the aim of developing tomorrow’s circular economy solutions for today's challenges.

Circular Copenhagen aims to establish innovative partnerships with key, national and international, industrial and academic stakeholders focusing on advancing the circular economy in Copenhagen.

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Challenges to tackle

Rethink

Like everywhere else in the world, a significant portion of products and consumer goods available for purchase in Copenhagen are …

Reduce & reuse

One important step towards the circular economy is to reduce the generation of waste. In the circular economy, waste is a …

Promote high quality recycling

The term ‘recycling’ needs to be qualified. Too many waste resources lose significant value when they are turned into secondary …

Improve collection schemes

Currently, Copenhagen has separate collection schemes directly at the households for plastics, metals, paper, cardboard, organic …

Material streams

A circular economy is an economy of high-value secondary raw materials. However, a product tends to lose value once its journey …

Circular Take-away in Copenhagen

Cirkulær Take-away i København

Why?

Cities around the globe play a crucial role in the transition from a take-make-waste system towards a resilient circular economy where growth is no longer based on consumption of finite resources. As a global leader in the green agenda, the City of Copenhagen wants to play an active role in the development of innovative solutions for advancing the circular economy.

How?

Circular Copenhagen is an organizational configuration which focus explicitly on developing cross-cutting partnerships with both industry and academia to solve specific challenges in Copenhagen related to circular economy.

What?

Technological development, test and implementation, organisational innovation, living labs, public-private innovation (PPI) partnerships.

Who?

Do you have an idea for a partnership or wish to know more about existing partnerships or engage in dialogue about possible collaboration? Please contact us. The Circular Copenhagen innovation platform is rooted in Copenhagen’s technical and environmental administration in the waste resource management department.