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26 June 2017

Urban metabolism webinar targets city procurers and waste experts

The UrbanWINS project is hosting a webinar for local authorities, procurers and waste experts exploring the concept of urban metabolism, a circular economy approach to waste prevention and management. The webinar will focus on how urban metabolism can lead to a circular economy and increased sustainability for cities through strategic procurement and the use of innovative business models.

Leonardo Rosado, assistant professor at the University of Chalmers, Sweden, will present the urban metabolism approach and how the pilot cities taking part in UrbanWINS will use the results of the analysis. Line Brogaard, from the City of Copenhagen, will introduce the Urban Waste project and show how the city is using urban metabolism for tourism and waste management. Estela Grana from ICLEI Europe will give a sustainable procurement analysis of urban metabolism, and Paul Mul, sustainability consultant at Royal HaskoningDHV, will show the links between urban metabolism and circular cities.

The webinar will take place on 5 July, from 11.00 am to 12.30 pm (CEST).

For more information and to register, contact urbanwins@iclei.org or visit the GoToMeeting web-conferencing registration page.