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The case studies below address the following circularity topics.
Energy efficiency in buildings

Toronto: A case study of cooling systems for buildings using Deep Lake Water Cooling
City solid waste management

Spain: Promoting recycling of municipal waste
India: Recycling of plastic waste through use in road construction

Affordable housing and social inclusion
City of Vienna: House sharing in urban areas as a tool for social inclusion

Kirinda, Sri Lanka: Wild Coast Tented Lodge as best practice of building affordable housing using local
construction materials

Urban mobility
Dubai: Mobile solutions for ordering taxis and other transportation services, ‘E-hailing’

Re-use of consumer goods and tools loaning
Toronto: Sharing/collaborative city, loaning home and gardening tools

London: Crystal Palace Library of Thing
Delhi: Recycling discarded textiles to premium ware
Munich: Halle 2 second-hand store as a hotspot of the local circular economy

Finland: Consumer goods and tools loaning
Reducing food waste

Mumbai: Collects surplus food at hotels and distribute to the poor
Oslo: Circular bioresources – treatment of food waste, garden waste and sludge from wastewater
Participatory urban planning

Melbourne: Participatory planning of public spaces
Circularity to promote local businesses and digitization

Amsterdam: Circular economy into the ICT industry effectively
Dubai: Circular ICT devices and infrastructure

Toronto: Circular procurement framework

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