Circular Economy in Port Environments — Handbook Now Available

Developed by researchers from Hamburg University of Technology, University of Gdańsk, and Port of Aalborg, the Circular Economy in Port Environments — Methodological Handbook provides a structured approach to understanding and improving circularity in port environments. It introduces a step-by-step assessment framework and practical guidance to help ports measure, compare and strengthen their circular performance across the full range of R-strategies — from defining system boundaries and mapping resource inflows and outflows, to selecting the right circularity indicators and collecting and protecting data.

The handbook also includes best-practice examples from leading European ports, a deep-dive case study on the Port of Tallinn, and ready-to-use tools, such as a Data Inventory Template and port-specific circularity indicator sets.

Whether you are a port authority, a policymaker, a researcher, or an industry partner, this handbook gives you the methodological foundation to begin — or strengthen — your circular economy journey.

The full handbook is available online here: Circular Economy in Port Environments – Methodological Handbook

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