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Glasgow calls upon the world to help tackle a local challenge with circular economy solutions
arch saw the launch of Circle Lab, a new crowdsourcing platform which challenges a global audience to create
circular solutions. Circular Glasgow, an initiative of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, hosted the first challenge on the platform, aimed at boosting circular business solutions around major events and conferences. Circular Glasgow has placed
Glasgow on the map as the first city in the world to launch a challenge on Circle Lab. Partnered by Zero Waste Scotland, Scottish Event Campus and the Glasgow Convention Bureau and Major Events team at Glasgow Life, the challenge asked citizens and companies from cities across the world how local businesses can improve the economic, environmental and social legacy of major city events and conferences. Circle Lab, developed by Circle
Economy and supported by eBay Foundation, is a digital platform that harnesses the power of the crowd to solve universal challenges with circular solutions. Using the circular economy as a
framework, Circular Glasgow’s aim was to engage local SMEs involved in the production of major city events and conferences, empowering them to improve the legacy these events leave behind. In Glasgow alone, more than three million attendances were recorded at high-profile events in 2017, from festivals and concerts to football games and conferences. While these events have an
economic and social advantage to local communities, they also increase the level of waste and disrepair within the area. For example, construction and decoration materials, as well as single- use, disposable food containers which end up in landfills after events, or worse, remain scattered throughout the venue.
The SEC host major city events. Picture courtesy of Marc Turner
This presents a significant opportunity for local businesses to rethink their current business models, creating a more positive and sustainable impact. Circular Glasgow is dedicated to implementing winning solutions locally and translating them to an international context for other cities to replicate and learn from. To support participants in generating ideas, Circle Lab also provided access to an online Knowledge Hub with more than 750 case studies, reports and articles on the circular economy. This digital platform creates a space for a global community of circular economy experts, innovative entrepreneurs, forward- thinking businesses, citizens, cities and governments to collectively ideate, incubate and scale circular solutions. Winning solutions generated through Circle Lab will be showcased at Circular Glasgow events including the Showcase (April) and Hotspot Event (October). These free to attend events are designed to act as story-telling opportunities to encourage other Glasgow SME businesses to consider and adopt
In partnership with
circular business models and practices. Circular Glasgow complements Zero Waste Scotland and the Scottish Government’s nationwide support for SMEs to develop circular economy business ideas, including its £18 million Circular Economy Investment Fund and Circular Economy Business Support Service. Both are supported by the European Regional Development Fund through the £73 million Resource Efficiency Circular Economy Accelerator Programme. Circular Glasgow calls upon the world
to engage and participate in creating a visionary future for the city and echoes Circle Lab’s mission to break down information silos and fuel cross-industry collaboration and innovation.
FOR MORE INFORMATION on Circle Lab and to attend future events, visit:
www.circularglasgow.com
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