Circular economy in 2022

At the end of 2020, we signed the Europe-wide circular economy commitment Circular Cities Declaration, the ten goals of which promote the implementation of the city’s circular economy. The circular economy commitment supports our goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2030 and achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as a pioneer city. As part of the commitment, we implement ten circular economy objectives and report on our progress. We compiled the ‘Circular economy in 2022’ annual report on the 2022 measures. The annual report contains information on how the ten objectives progressed in Espoo in 2022.

Circular economy is based on the idea of using resources efficiently. Natural resources are used sparingly, products and materials are kept in the cycle for as long as possible, and the amount of waste and leftovers generated during production and consumption is minimised. For example sharing, repairing, reusing and reuse of materials are means of the circular economy to prolong the service life of products and materials. 

The annual report can be accessed at the link below. We are also happy to hear you thoughts on the annual report. You can use our feedback survey(external link, opens in a new window) to give feedback and tell us your development ideas for promoting the circular economy in Espoo. We carried out the 2022 reporting on the circular economy as a city-wide report for the first time. We will develop the reporting and presentation of the next year’s data on the basis of the feedback we receive.

Read more about the circular economy and sustainable development in Espoo.