I wish the UK would do more of this?

Pec123

The City of Amsterdam has implemented a comprehensive Circular Economy strategy aimed at reducing waste and promoting sustainability. Here are the key components of their approach:

Key Components of Amsterdam's Circular Economy Strategy

1. Focus on Three Value Chains:

• Food and Organic Waste Streams: The city aims to create short food chains for a robust, sustainable food system, ensure healthy and sustainable food for residents, and process organic waste streams efficiently.

Consumer Goods: Amsterdam focuses on reducing consumption, using existing products more sparingly, and maximizing the use of discarded products.

Built Environment: The city promotes circular development and sets circular criteria for construction projects, aiming for a circular approach to the existing city.

Ladder of Circularity:

• Refuse, Rethink, Reduce: Avoiding the use of unnecessary products, rethinking product design, and reducing the use of raw materials.
• Reuse, Repair, Refurbish, Remanufacture: Extending the lifecycle of products through second-hand stores and repair centers.
• Repurpose, Recycle, Recover: Repurposing components, recycling materials, and, as a last resort, incinerating with energy recovery.

Implementation Agenda:

• The city has set out more than 70 actions in its Implementation Agenda for 2023-2026, involving collaboration with entrepreneurs, social initiatives, and residents. Over €14 million has been earmarked for these efforts, with €3.5 million dedicated to system changes that enable companies to work in a circular way.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• The Amsterdam Circular Monitor tracks the city's progress towards its goals of halving the use of new raw materials by 2030 and achieving a fully circular city by 2050.

Amsterdam's strategy serves as a model for other cities aiming to transition to a circular economy, demonstrating the importance of collaboration, innovation, and a comprehensive approach to sustainability.

Hoenir

Unless people actually can be bothered to sort their waste properly for recycling then initiatives will continue to fail. Our local council has invested millions. Still falls on deaf ears. 

michaels

Sadly it would seem there are only a small majority of mostly older people who care. 

Visit any shopping mall or even supermarket and you will see trolleys piled high with disposable consumption

Pec123

Hoenir said:

Unless people actually can be bothered to sort their waste properly for recycling then initiatives will continue to fail. Our local council has invested millions. Still falls on deaf ears. 

Sadly I agree. Our council has started doing it by stealth LOL. Swaps of various kinds so that people upgrade new to them items. I think it is a great initiative everything from clothes, jigsaws, toys and plants. They give grants for good initiatives too.

Rosa_Damascena

Given the amount of microplastic ending up in oceans on the other side of the world, I don't believe we are doing the right thing by recycling if we dump it on others rather than deal with it ourselves.

The Netherlands is ahead of its time. Just look at the construction of Amsterdam in the 17th century! 

What I would love to see is communal static bike / exercise charging points / bank. Get some exercise whilst putting energy back into the system AND cultivate a sense of community!