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Country Cyprus
Region Kypros (CY00)
Keep Our Sand and Sea Plastic-free

This new initiative with TUI Care Foundation will bring together tourists, tourism businesses and residents across Ayia Napa, Protaras and the wider Famagusta region of Cyprus to cut consumption of single-use plastic so that less enters the waste stream.

Country Iceland
Region Ísland (IS00)
City of Reykjavik’s<br>Climate Policy

Reykjavík was the first municipality in Iceland to make a policy on reduction on green house gas emissions in 2009. In 2016 the City Council decided to go further and make even more ambitious goals: Reykjavík City will be carbon neutral by 2040.

Country Cyprus
Region Kypros (CY00)
Competitiveness and sustainable development

The Programme aims to boost competitiveness and growth and help Cyprus exit the crisis. It contributes to achieving the Europe 2020 targets for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. It should create jobs and help SMEs to become more competitive and innovation-driven.

Country Ireland
Region Eastern and Midland (IE06)
Sustainability at Anpost

An Post is a member of the International Post Corporation (IPC). IPC is the postal sector representative body, through which worka with other posts globally to manage postal service operations, policy and strategy.

Country Germany
Region Düsseldorf (DEA1)
Sustainable procurement of recycled office paper

As a densely populated and economically powerful urban area, the city of Dusseldorf recognised the challenge of climate change early on and initiated a process of lowcarbon and zero waste strategy development.

Country Italy
Region Piemonte (ITC1)
Porta Palazzo Organic Project

The Porta Palazzo organic project has three main objectives. The first is to reduce food waste through the collection and distribution of unsold foods in the largest open-air market in Europe and, in the process, ensure that those in need can access quality foods in a dignified manner.

Country Germany
Region Oberbayern (DE21)
Halle 2: The secondhand store as the centre of the local circular economy

Munich has taken its ambitious waste reduction strategy to the next level by developing an innovative reuse lab and shop concept.

Country Italy
Region Liguria (ITC3)
From waste to resources: Genoa looks ahead to a circular economy

Genoa fully owns the municipal waste management company, AMIU, which over the past few years has completely rethought its strategy and organisational structure. The new strategy is now looking beyond its 40-year linear business model based on the disposal of waste in its landfill site.

Country Denmark
Region Hovedstaden (DK01)
inVALUABLE (Insect Value Chain in a Circular Bioeconomy)

inVALUABLE (Insect Value Chain in a Circular Bioeconomy) is the largest innovation project concerning insects as feed and food in Europe to date. The vision is to create a sustainable resource-efficient industry for animal protein production based on mealworms.

Country Netherlands
Region Flevoland (NL23)
UpCycle City contest

The municipality of Almere aspires to become a waste-free and energy-neutral city by 2022. The administration wants to bring the business community and knowledge institutes’ innovative power together to enable co-creation in the field of waste management and upcycling in the urban context.