Stakeholder collaboration to organise Västerås Cityfestival VÄSTERÅS, SWEDEN
10 October 2025
VÄSTERÅS in Sweden is a growing city with ca. 158 000 inhabitants.
The city is actively working on the sustainability issues. Since 2023 there has been an Action Plan for Sustainable Use of Plastics, which states that the city must reduce its use of unnecessary plastic and plastic with harmful substances. This Action Plan is part of the city’s ecological sustainability program.
Västerås Municipality piloted reducing plastic in city events to develop the concept of litter-free public events. Västerås collaborated with Keep Sweden Tidy, which played a key role in identifying and testing measures to reduce littering (especially single-use plastics) at the Västerås Cityfestival.
Read the report: here.
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Project typeCore Project
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ImplementationJanuary 2023 - December 2025
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StatusOngoing
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Contribution to EUSBSRPolicy Area Innovation
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Target groups
- Interest group
- Large enterprise
- Local public authority
- NGO
- Small and medium enterprise
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