Explore Sweden's pioneering role in industrial and urban symbiosis, turning waste into value and enhancing regional resilience. Join us to discuss policy recommendations and success stories driving Europe's green transition.
- bioeconomy | business model | circular economy | clean technology | environmental impact | innovation | management of resources | renewable resources | sustainable economic growth strategy | waste management | waste recycling
- Wednesday 4 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00 (CEST)
- Brussels, Belgium
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- When
- Wednesday 4 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00 (CEST)
- Where
- Rue du Luxembourg 3,1000 Brussels, Belgium
- Languages
- English, Swedish
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Description
Industrial and urban symbiosis (IUS) is a proven strategy for reducing waste, optimising resource flows, and strengthening economic and environmental resilience. Sweden has led the way in implementing IUS through local and regional collaborations, creating circular business models, green jobs, and industrial competitiveness. This event will explore policy recommendations and showcase best practices that can scale industrial symbiosis across Europe.
The event will cover several key topics and objectives:
- Best practices in industrial symbiosis: lessons from Swedish IUS hubs such as Sotenäs, Händelö, and Frövi.
- Turning waste into value: how industrial symbiosis supports circularity, reduces emissions, and creates jobs.
- Scaling symbiosis through policy: how decision-makers can remove barriers and enable systemic change.
- Breaking barriers :addressing regulatory challenges in waste legislation, emissions trading, and resource data access.
- Transregional cooperation: the role of collaboration in optimising resource flows across cities, regions, and industries.
- Circular economy and recycling: how industrial symbiosis integrates with EU sustainability goals.
This event is designed for policymakers, regional leaders, industry representatives, stakeholders, and researchers looking to accelerate circular economy strategies through industrial and urban symbiosis. The session will feature policy discussions, expert presentations, and interactive panels. Representatives from the Swedish Network for Industrial and Urban Symbiosis (SNIUS) will present policy proposals and invite dialogue on how industrial symbiosis can be strengthened at regional, national, and EU levels.
Industrial and urban symbiosis is already delivering economic, environmental, and social benefits, but greater policy support, cooperation, and knowledge-sharing are needed to scale these solutions across Europe. This event offers a unique opportunity to explore how transregional cooperation, optimised resource flows, and circular economy policies can drive a more competitive, sustainable, and resilient future. Join us to collaborate and shape policy action for the next phase of industrial symbiosis in Europe!
