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Recycled furniture saved over 70,000 kilos of natural resources in a school in Lahti 2022-03-07

The circular economy is part of the City of Lahti's strategy and procurement programme. In 2020, the city signed a framework contract for recycled furniture with three suppliers: OffiStore, Martela and Pa-Ri Materia. At the same time, a framework contract for new furniture is also in place.

Children and young people practise circular economy in schools in Riihimäki 2021-11-29

The circular economy is one of the city's key projects, and since 2019, every school in the municipality has had a person responsible for circular economy issues. Circular economy curricula have also been developed for primary and secondary schools.

Hospital project redesign of waste management concept in cooperation with personnel 2021-11-16

The aim was to build on the experience of the old hospital and develop an integrated waste management concept for the new hospital, where waste sorting would be as simple and uniform as possible from the user's point of view.

Salpakierto's service experiment reduced the amount of biowaste in mixed waste 2021-11-03

Salpakierto Oy provides municipal waste management services, such as waste collection and treatment, in the Lahti region in accordance with the Waste Act. In autumn 2020, a pilot project for the collection of biowaste was launched in Lahti with a derogation.

Ashes are transformed from waste into a civil engineering product 2021-11-01

In the process developed by Ecolan Oy, the ash is rotated with water in a drum to form a granulate, which, when separated into different sizes, is suitable for different construction sites.

Through difficulties to victory - climate benefits and economic savings from waste composites 2021-10-27

The construction sector is Europe's biggest waste producer. In 2016, it accounted for more than a third of all waste generated.