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The building and construction sector consumes around 10 million tonnes of plastics in Europe each year, which accounts for 20% of all plastics consumption. This means that there is a huge potential for circular economy.

We wanted to find out what concrete ways there are to both reduce the use of plastics and increase reuse and circularity of plastics. Together with Premico, Lujatalo and Ara, Municipality Finland and the Ministry of Environment we deep dived into one residential construction project called Metsäkissa and collected concrete ways to act. We want to share these learnings across the Nordics to encourage everyone to take action, as circular economy is an ecosystem game.

Besides our own learnings, we also want showcase a startup taking giant leaps in making the construction industry more circular and invited RETEX Panels to share how they are closing the loop for plastics in construction industry. RETEX is the first company to utilize reprocessed textile, plastic and rubber waste in making construction materials on a large scale.

And of course we want to hear what you have to say about this. Join us in a LOOP webinar to share insights and concrete ways to act with other the players in the construction ecosystem.

Sustainability designers Linda Glad and Maria Klint from Antrop offer an introduction to circular design. You get access to our way of going from strategy and ideas to action. The webinar is aimed at those of you  curious about circular economy and who want to get started and make changes in your organization.

In the 30 minute webinar you will learn:

• Why transition to circular economy is necessary
• What circular design means
• How we work with circular design and business development
• Concrete steps, how to get started

Moving to circular economy requires unconventional thinking, bold moves, new types of partnerships and a lot of courage. To inspire you to take the steps towards the circular business models, we have invited two inspirational speakers to share their stories.

Tom Szaky is the founder and CEO of Terracycle, a global leader in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams. But as Tom says himself, recycling is only a short-term solution and it doesn’t solve the root cause. This is why Tom founded the Loop Store, a completely opposite approach to Terracycle.

Loop Store is founded on the idea; What if you could get your everyday essentials delivered to home without creating any waste? Also, could this kind of way of selling products make business sense? Some of the world’s biggest consumer brands embarked on this a year ago, when they started selling everyday products like shampoo in reusable, returnable packaging instead of single-use plastic to see if customers would buy it. This was a radical step to test the fundamental changes on how they package and deliver products.

Our second keynote speaker is creative entrepreneur Carla Cammilla Hjort, who is the visionary behind Space 10, Ikea’s innovation lab in Copenhagen. Space 10’s mission is to investigate the future of urban living by detecting major challenges that will impact people on a global scale, and explore possible solutions. The overall goal is to create opportunities for a better and more sustainable way of living in the future.