
Dossier
Circular economy
It still sounds like a utopian dream: that we manage our economy in such a way that no waste is created and resources are reused. In Europe, this scenario is now becoming more realistic thanks to the European Promotional Banks Initiative (JICE), which has joined forces to support companies and municipalities' contributions to the circular economy. The initiative aims to invest 16 billion euros in circular economy projects by the end of 2025. Furthermore, the German Federal Government adopted the National Circular Economy Strategy (NKWS) in December 2024. It follows the guiding principle of preserving the value of raw materials and products for as long as possible, using materials sparingly, and keeping them in the cycle for as long as possible. KfW supports these projects with low-interest financing from the KfW Environmental Programme. Our dossier introduces the European Circular Economy Initiative and presents projects that pursue the principle of the circular economy.
Image-Reference
On our website, pictures taken, among others, by the following photographers/photo agencies are used:
Agentur photothek.net, Deutsche Messe Hannover, Andreas Arnold, Jörg Böthling, Dominik Butzmann, Carsten Costard, Susanne Esche, Charlie Fawell, Rendel Freude, Torsten George, Gaby Gerster, David Greedy, Peter Himsel, Barbara Högner, Frank Homann, Fred Hoogervorst, Steffen Jagenburg (BRANSCH EUROPE), Thomas Klewar, Studio Kohlmeier , Florian Kopp, Georg Lopata, Jürgen Lösel, Kirsten Milhahn, Rüdiger Nehmzow, Rolf Obertreis, Rubén Arnaldo Farina Ortiz, Holger Peters, Joachim Röttgers, Mika Schmidt, Bernhard Schurian, Jens Steingässer, Pietro Sutera, Uwe Tölle, Jan Zappner.
Fotolia.com: amandare, Yuri Arcurs, Kitch Bain, Ingo Bartussek, Sergio Donà, drizzd, Dmitry Ersler, eyewave, Zoltán Futó, Eric Gevaert, Fotolia XXV, Friedberg, goodluz, Dirk Hoffmann, imageteam, Christian Jung, Abdelhamid Kalai, Sergej Khakimullin, Vladimir Kolobov, krizz7, Kzenon, lumen-digital, marog-pixcells, Mindwalker, Miredi, mirpic, Nebuto, Tino Neitz, Christian Pedant, Franz Pfluegl, prognone, Gina Sanders, Henry Schmitt, spree berlin, SVLuma, Kheng Guan Toh, tom, Torbz, typomaniac, VRD, Joachim Wendler, Sreedhar Yedlapati.