Circular Berlin

Circular Berlin is a bottom-up and community-led initiative in Germany whose mission is to progressively transform Berlin into a circular city by providing knowledge, fostering networking, and bringing sustainable start-ups and businesses together. The non-profit organization (NGO), called Circular Berlin, started in 2018 and is related to the Municipality of Berlin. Since then, the NGO has envisioned Berlin as a resilient, citizen-oriented city where resources are locally managed, and value is maintained through different transformations. Therefore, through the European-financed initiative EIT, under the Horizon 2020 program framework, started in 2018, the Circular Berlin project aims to operate across sectors with an increased potential to have an impact in the circular transition: the built environment; food and biomass; textile and fashion; and materials and products. Lastly, Circular Berlin host events where the community meets, debates, and exchanges ideas on circularity. The discussion ranges from sharing knowledge to collaborative planning sessions, and open-source digital tools have been built which allow information to be exchanged more quickly.