Once again, the Conference of the Parties (COP) is meeting to discuss advancements in adapting to and mitigating climate change, including measures to limit the global average temperature rise to well below 2°C and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to...
22 - 23 November, over 80 participants from 20 countries gathered in Nijmegen, Europe’s Green Capital 2018, to discuss the role of social enterprise in a circular economy. The event, RREUSE’s 2nd international conference, tackled how to make re-use a natural and...
Between 17 - 24 November 2018, 38 re-use centres in Croatia, Italy, Netherlands and Spain took part in RREUSE’s annual ‘Re-use More Throw Less’ campaign in order to communicate the environmental impact of our consumption and the potential of re-use and repair for...
Social enterprises active in re-use, repair and recycling greatly contribute to making the European Pillar of Social Rights a reality. By creating local green jobs and training opportunities for individuals at risk of socio-economic exclusion, they provide a...
RREUSE is pleased to announce that it has been selected to join an expert group on social economy and social enterprises lead by DG GROW and DG EMPL which will run for a six year period. The group is a successor of the Commission's Expert Group on Social...
2nd International RREUSE conference: Making the circular economy attractive, convenient and inclusive 22 - 23 November 2018 Nijmegen, Netherlands How was it? Read the summary article here Encouraging citizens, companies and governments to...
1 - 3 October 2018 Bilbao, Spain On 2nd October RREUSE will showcase collaboration between its members and local, regional and national authorities at the Global Social Economy Forum 2018. We are glad to be invited to speak about socially responsible regions in...
3 - 5 October 2018 Nijmegen, Netherlands RREUSE will be facilitating a workshop on supporting social enterprises through public procurement at the international conference gathering experts on on sustainable, circular and innovative procurement ECOPROCURA 2018....
Today, on 12 September 2018, Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission delivered his speech on the State of the Union. RREUSE welcomes the Commission’s efforts to contribute to job creation and deliver not only promises but also results....
One of the world’s largest music festivals, Tomorrowland, joined forces with a social enterprise in a fight against wasting tonnes of camping equipment left behind by revellers. Tomorrowland attracts 400, 000 enthusiastic festival goers and hosts around 38 000 people...
ReWEEE Workshop: Developing partnerships for WEEE prevention and preparing for re-use 24 & 25 September 2018 Ljubljana, Slovenia Download the agenda here RREUSE is delighted to invite you to a workshop organised in the framework of the ReWEEE...
Call for proposals Research Proposal: Exploring the Wider Social Benefits of Social Enterprises active in re-use, repair and recycling Description of the work RREUSE is pleased to be searching for a consultancy to carry out a study on “the wider social benefits...