ReSolutions
Innovative solutions to enhance the recycling of goods
In many European countries, valuable and repairable goods still end up as residual waste because current systems make it difficult to reuse or recycle them. People are increasingly interested in sustainable choices, but they often lack convenient options for recycling or borrowing instead of buying.
ReSolutions creates more ways to borrow, repair and reuse everyday goods
New Circular Economy Solutions
The ReSolutions project tackles this challenge by making recycling more accessible and engaging. It will encourage people to participate in the circular economy, help expand local “Libraries of Things” where people can borrow items instead of buying them and improve how repairable goods are sorted and reused.
By working together across borders in Finland, Sweden and Latvia, the project can share knowledge and develop new ideas that work in different local contexts. This cooperation will help reduce waste and encourage more sustainable ways of living.
ReSolutions will help create more options for borrowing, repairing, and reusing everyday goods. The project will support new and existing “Libraries of Things”, where people can borrow for example tools, and other items. It will also introduce better ways to collect reusable items at waste stations.
Convenient solutions for a sustainable life
Through creative workshops and innovation events, new ideas for upcycling (turning old items into new products) will be developed and shared.
The project will lead to less waste, more reused products, and new opportunities for businesses and communities. The project will ensure the solutions are useful by scaling developed solutions according to the needs of the communities and the scope of the local areas.
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The objectives are
I) to raise consumer awareness, by helping people to actively participate in circular economy practices;
II) establish and widen the activities of local Libraries of Things (LOTs), by learning the best practices for lending items and scaling up LOT functions and exploring organizational structures, co-operation possibilities and funding;
III) enhance recycling and upcycling of goods, by improving waste sorting processes and repairing of the goods effectively, and fostering innovation through collaborative ideation, and
IV) provide policy support and exchange of learnings by identifying policy gaps and advocating for supportive policies.
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ReSolutions – Innovative solutions to enhance the recycling of goods
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