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Energy Transition and the Circular Economy
Innovative and sustainable solutions for energy and industry in city-port regions
Giving priority to circular economy projects as part of new partnerships between the city, port, businesses and civil society, and by supporting the development of port activities aimed at promoting exchanges and/or recycling of materials and energy.
How can synergies between the Port and City be created around the circular economy?
The fight against climate change requires innovative solutions to improve the energy performance of ports and cities. Industrial ecology is a development approach based on cooperation between social and economic stakeholders with pooled resources. This approach is based on the principles of sustainable development, which aim to combat pollution and minimise the use of resources and energy. It is an approach particularly suited to port territories, where these new synergies can be created between local businesses and the city. In Strasbourg, an initiative brings together port industries to develop a synergy-based circular economy model that reduces waste and pollution.
This good practice also includes objective 2.1 (Promoting dialogue and cooperation between socio-economic stakeholders to identify potential synergies and encourage better management of natural resources) of the AIVP’s 2030 Agenda.
An industrial ecology project involving 15 businesses in the port zone was launched in September 2013. The CLES approach (Local and Environmental Cooperation in Synergies) was supported by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency ADEME, the Greater Eastern Region, the Eurometropole of Strasbourg, Port Autonome de Strasbourg, and the Ports of Strasbourg Users’ Group (GUPS). The goal is to implement an approach based on industrial and territorial ecology in the port area. This approach, which focuses on the circular economy, aims to support local businesses, enhance their competitiveness, and minimise the environmental impact of their activities on the surrounding area. During the initial phases, the materials and energy flows of companies taking part in the project were assessed, and potential synergies were identified before the first cooperative measures were implemented. In 2017, the fourth phase of the project began, establishing eight synergies around twenty businesses:
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