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– Cooperation with educational institutions: Halle 2 offers Munich educational institutions like schools,
universities or adult education establishments, various opportunities.
– Schools benefit from Halle 2 as a learning field and test bed for the awareness of re-use. Universities
also use Halle 2 as a test bed for research and business cases. Institutions for adult education use
Halle 2 as a platform for presentations, lectures, seminars on issues like sustainable lifestyles and
problems of over-consumption, as well as for networking in the themes of circular economy and
sustainability.

– Room for arts and culture: Halle 2 offers exhibition possibilities for Munich artists working on the
re-use of waste. AWM also plans lectures of the second-hand books, poetry slams about waste,
second-hand records disco, guided art tours on second-hand art, and so on.

Halle 2 has allowed the city of Munich to implement all the pillars of a successful and sustainable
circular economy. Indeed, not only did it became a vital part of the waste prevention activities of
the AWM, it also allowed Munich to achieve its strategic targets in reducing the amount of waste, in
promoting the re-use of goods, in improving recycling rates and in strengthening a sustainable lifestyle
for its citizens.

Halle 2 has become a strong brand as a second-hand store that facilitates cooperation with social
companies, in order to make their activities more visible. The success of the project can also be
measured by the number of visitors in the shop (3 500 people monthly since the beginning of 2017)
and the number of re-used items (almost 15 000 articles sold per month, with an estimated revenue
of EUR 50 000 per month).

Halle 2 is a good example of wide-scale collaboration between very different stakeholders and interest
groups from different branches, which makes the concept of circular economy even more successful.

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