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Mail: circulair@amsterdam.nl
De strategie Amsterdam Circulair is vastgesteld. Het doel: halvering van het gebruik van grondstof en materiaal.
In Amsterdam willen we een goed leven voor iedereen, binnen de natuurlijke grenzen van de aarde. Dat kan in een circulaire stad. Hier gaan we slimmer om met schaarse grondstoffen, produceren en consumeren we anders, en is er meer werkgelegenheid voor iedereen. Zo werken we aan welzijn, gezondheid, een prettige leefomgeving, een schoner milieu en meer rechtvaardigheid, zowel binnen de stadsgrenzen als ver daarbuiten. Welkom in de circulaire stad.
Mail: circulair@amsterdam.nl
In het huidige economische systeem maken we nog grotendeels producten die afgedankt worden als afval, vaak na eenmalig gebruik. Met een groeiende wereldbevolking en fanatieke consumptie is dit niet houdbaar. Het legt een zware druk op onze economie, milieu en leefomgeving.
De Amsterdam Economic Board streeft ernaar om in de toekomst producten, onderdelen, materialen en grondstoffen zo lang mogelijk in het economische systeem te houden. Met als doel het grondstofgebruik te minimaliseren, producten en materialen te ontwerpen met een zo lang mogelijke levensduur, optimaal hergebruik en herstel van producten te faciliteren en na gebruik op zo’n manier te recyclen dat de materialen opnieuw kunnen worden gebruikt voor gelijkwaardige producten. Hierbij worden hernieuwbare energiebronnen gebruikt en staat systeemdenken centraal.
Cooperation the Green Hub is a doing and learning community for social and sustainable initiatives in Amsterdam Southeast. The cooperative connects residents' initiatives with partners (governments, companies and non-profit organisations) so that sustainable business and development prospects are created for an increasing number of residents in Southeast. Kate Raworth's concept of the Donut economy is a source of inspiration that has already led to various Donut Deals in the area itself. These are agreements made by at least 2 partners to realize both social impact on 3 subjects and positive ecological impact on at least 1 subject.
The lessons learned in a Donut Deal expertise center will also inspire other initiatives and partners to create a positive spiral in which great initiatives that are really valuable for people and the environment can continue to grow. The Green Hub itself has several partners around it to further shape the Donut economy through the Area-oriented SLIM project, which is financially supported by Kansen voor West with European Union resources from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
There is a strong need to switch from a linear - make, waste, dispose - model, to a fully circular model for the city of Amsterdam. Amsterdam has committed to becoming fully circular by the year 2050. AMS Institute addresses the urban challenge of transitioning from a linear to a circular model of resource management in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (AMA). Circularity means to rethink and redesign the flow of resources such as building materials, water, food and energy that drive urban activities. The goal is to reuse resources rather than dispose them as in the linear model. It further means to establish integrated sustainable ecosystems coherent with this novel resilient economic model. In circular flows, the value of the people, planet and prosperity is retained or created anew and not destructed.
Here you can find an interactive explanation of a circular Amsterdam.
For the transition towards circularity in urban regions, all scale levels matter. The approach looks at materials, products and components and also at buildings, infrastructures, districts, city, national and even at the global scale level.
The processes that are associated with circularity in cities at various levels are part of a differentiated and dynamic system. For instance, critical metals that are needed for renewable energy components need to circulate again after some time in production to avoid depletion. Currently such metals are transported from afar and may not be guaranteed in the future global market. Therefore, we need to look at the possibilities of mapping the availability of these resources within closer proximity, re-use them and keep them on the market.
In the construction sector, concepts and developments that support a circular model are, for instance urban mining and material passports. These concepts and developments face the challenge of integrating circular material use in the energy transition.
To best describe the implications and positive potential for social, spatial, financial, legal, and technical systems, more research is required. It is still unclear how to upscale innovations in a socially inclusive and architecturally elegant manner yet AMS Institute includes social values in its research agenda and holistic approach.
Amsterdam has positioned itself as a front-runner of circular innovation and other municipalities, like Haarlemmermeer are following suit. Multiple organizations join the movement to explore and develop circular opportunities as well. The city of Amsterdam joined these efforts by creating awareness, offering critical tools that facilitate circularity and establishing projects and programs around circularity, to which AMS Institute actively contributes with all the projects and activities that are explained below.