Accelerating the transition to
industrial symbiosis, industrial-urban symbiosis
and circular economy

Hubs4Circularity are socio-technical ecosystems for full scale industrial symbiosis, industrial-urban symbiosis and circular economy closing energy, resource and data loops at regional scale. They are an important building block for achieving the climate neutrality targets by 2050.

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Discover our new video on the Hubs4Circularity Community of Practice:
“Building Circular Industrial-Urban Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future”

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    News

    Featuring HURRICANE

    23/04/2025

    How can traditional steelmaking plants be transformed into multi-sectoral circular hubs? How can CO2 emissions, energy- and resource inefficiencies be reduced? In our series of webinars, we showcase projects from the latest EU Calls on Industrial Symbiosis and Industrial-Urban Symbiosis. The sessions highlight key technological advancements and hub development processes. Our recent “H4C Community of Practice Webinar…

    Featuring United Circles

    23/04/2025

    How can advancements in dedicated 15 technologies help to close circular value chains in 3 regional hubs? How can best practices be adapted and replicated to mirroring followers? Our Hubs4Circularity Community of Practice Webinars in our recent series showcased projects from the latest EU Calls on Industrial Symbiosis and Industrial-Urban Symbiosis. The second H4C Community…

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    Events

    Workshop | The role of cities and regions in supporting industrial-urban symbiosis: learning from on the-ground experiences

    15/05/2025

    The Hubs4Circularity Community of Practice invites you to an online knowledge exchange (sensemaking) workshop to reflect on the role of local and regional public authorities for supporting industrial-urban symbiosis uptake.   Local and regional public authorities can significantly encourage and support local industrial-urban symbiosis uptake. Acknowledged as ‘enablers’, they have various tools and instruments at their…

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