Workshop report including local CE conditions analysis

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the status of local conditions and regional specialties of practices and policies of the circular economy, especially in the selected waste streams: bio-waste, plastic, and batteries. The report screens replication target areas in the replica-tion countries to explore possibilities for gaining public and private funding, enhancing small and me-dium enterprises (SME) participation, and including other industry value chains related to the circular economy (CE).

The report includes conclusions from Task 6.1 and findings from various workshops and events held in Finland and the targeted replication countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Northern Germany. In addition to that, the financial conditions of the CE have been studied and presented in Finland and Estonia. The City of Tartu organized a workshop on the local repair and fixing network.

The focus of the local replication workshops was to collect local needs and challenges to use as guidelines and input, for example, for the Replication Handbook, and to gather insights for other work packages. Furthermore, workshops organized with organizations outside the project consor-tium expanded the potential effectiveness of the project's further activities. These events also en-hanced CCRI's targets to promote and encourage the regional circular economy.