A healthy world runs on teamwork. Just look at nature: through evolutionary processes, symbiosis between species and buffer systems, nature is always ready for the next crisis. Diversity and cooperation create resilience. The same goes for a circular economy. Companies, governments and residents have to join forces for less waste and more recycling. Regional cooperation is crucial in this - for closing loops and finding ways of working that fit local conditions.

For BlueCity, this natural philosophy means that we see collaboration as the new competition. Our building and the people and businesses in and around it are seen as an ecosystem, within which knowledge and flows of goods are exchanged. The beer brewers at Vet&Lazy, for example, collect wastewater to reuse as cooling water. And FruitLeather makes their vegan leather from discarded mangoes.

What's happening in BlueCity?

13.00 - 17.00 Co-Lab Friday: meet the BlueCity Lab, bring your circular idea and work alongside -or together with- our experts to take it to the next step.
14.00 - 17.00 Presentation of outcomes CIRCO track Operating Room / Green OR
14.00 - 16.00 BlueCity Expedition: visit Paper Innovator
18.00 - 21.00 Waste-free dinner at Feyenoord Rotterdam: Perry de Man together with Feyenoord greenchef Lennard Burggraaf save food from the trash and cook a delicious four-course dinner

Week van de Circulaire Economie