circular economy

Circular economy realities from a consumer perspective: Insights, challenges, and social dynamics

By Vilnius University December 4, 2023News

Authors: Aistė Bartkienė, Renata Bikauskaitė, Diana Mincytė, Ieva Šakelaitė The Vilnius University team has completed its contribution to Work Package 4 (WP4) in the CIRCLE project, which focused on the…

Summer conferences

By BSC August 29, 2023News

Authors: Anda Adamsone-Fiskovica, Mikelis Grivins, Diana Mincyte, Pia Piroschka Otte, Sandra Šūmane, Talis Tisenkopfs For CIRCLE researchers, this summer was rich with conference attendance. CIRLCE results were presented in five…

Local biogas plant shows circularity in practice

By Jostein Brobakk July 12, 2023News

At the Svanem biogas plant in Hellandsjøen in Heim municipality, biogas and high-quality biofertilizer are produced based on local bioresources. The founder behind the village facility is the local farmer…

Consumer attitudes towards the circular economy

By Vilnius University June 15, 2023News

Authors: Aistė Bartkienė, Renata Bikauskaitė, Diana Mincytė, Ieva Šakelaitė One of the key objectives of the CIRCLE project, specifically within Work Package 4 (WP4), is to investigate consumers' knowledge and…

Studying circular business initiatives

By Miķelis Grīviņš December 1, 2022News

The CIRCLE project consists of several research activities. However, at the core of the CIRCLE project is a set of case studies, that are expected to generate data to be…

Discovering the potential of biogas production in Southeast of Estonia

By Kristina Hiir November 2, 2022News

University of Life Science is working hard increasing knowledge and contributing to projects that promote circular economy and support sustainable environment in Estonia. An important contribution is to promote local…

How to enable circular economy?

By Sandra Šūmane September 19, 2022News

On 5 September CIRLCE organised an online discussion “Rethinking circularity in bioeconomy: challenges, good practices and future perspectives”. This online event aimed to provide insight into good circular practices in…

The search for the ethical dimension in the circular economy

By Vilnius University August 8, 2022News

Authors: Aiste Bartkiene, Renata Bikauskaite, Diana Mincyte At the end of July and the beginning of August, WP4 team from the Vilnius University participated in the summer school in Oslo,…

The course towards circular economy in Estonia

By EMU May 31, 2022News

Estonia is in the process of developing its circular economy roadmap. The goal for Estonia is to be a smart country driving a circular economy. However, as for today, everyone…

Work for CIRCLE by AREI team

By Alberts Auziņš April 29, 2022News

The Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics (AREI) brings the economic, financial and policy analysis expertise in the CIRCLE project to study circular bioeconomy. The institute has contributed to different…

ESRS2022 congress satellite event on circular bioeconomy in Riga: Call for papers

By BSC March 14, 2022News

In cooperation with the European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) Baltic Studies Centre organizes a ESRS2022 congress online satellite event "Rethinking circularity: an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral perspective on circular practices…

Circular economy in Lithuania: challenges, opportunities, and NGO perspectives

By Vilnius University March 1, 2022News

According to the Lithuanian Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology, four out of five Lithuanian companies are still practicing linear economy based on an intensive use of raw materials and…

EMU participates at a circular economy conference in Estonia

By Kristina Hiir February 8, 2022News

The Estonian Ministry of the Environment organised a Circular economy conference on 19-20 January 2022. This year’s conference was the third such event conducted by the Ministry of the Environment,…