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Circular Economy Development Plan for circular food service systems in Tallinn
Tallinn adopted its Circular Economy Development Plan 2035 in June 2025, establishing clear goals for circular products, services and green public...
Optimising wholesale packaging practices in Lahti’s institutional catering supply chain 
Lahti examined packaging practices in food wholesale and inbound logistics for institutional catering. Aim: to identify barriers and opportunities...
Embedding circular packaging criteria in public procurement in Lathi, Finland
The City of Lahti piloted the integration of nine sustainability-related packaging criteria into public procurement processes for institutional...
Music Sector Voices from Jakobstad/Pietarsaari: Building the Case for Regional Mapping
As part of MI-RAP's ongoing work in the Vaasa region, local music and cultural organisations recently came together in Jakobstad/Pietarsaari for a...
New Change(K)now! report analyses 56 reusable packaging replication cases in eight countries
Over the past three years, Change(K)now! has tested and promoted reusable food and beverage packaging solutions, implementing 25 original pilot...
Open Risk II risk management tools welcomed in the Arctic
The OpenRisk II project disseminated its results to the Arctic community at a dedicated session of the Arctic Circle Assembly 2026 which took place...
APRIORA: Turning Pharmaceutical Pollution Data into Risk-Based Decisions
Led by the University of Rostock, APRIORA is an Interreg Baltic Sea Region project that ran from November 2023 to October 2026. It addressed...
From practical investments to policy action: CiNURGi presents its final results
After three years of collaboration across the Baltic Sea Region, CiNURGi is approaching the end of its project period with results to share. The...
From Buildings to the Environment
Buildings can be a continuous source of hazardous chemicals entering the environment. A new publication from the Interreg NonHazCity3 project...
From practical investments to policy action: CiNURGi presents its final results
After three years of collaboration across the Baltic Sea Region, CiNURGi is approaching the end of its project period with results to share. The...
Building resilience beyond the peak season: Light in the Dark at CAMPUS 2026
      At the turn of September and October, tourism professionals and destination representatives from across Europe and beyond gathered in the...
SmartAging Podcast #33 – The Missing Layer
In this episode, Pinar Metin Hagström explores why meaning is the first thing stripped out of elder care environments, and how design can bring it...