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Welcome to the virtual space for SPARKLE's “Fair Economies” pillar. This space is a living space where Local and Regional Authorities come together to learn and get inspired on how to integrate circular economy principles into their local climate plans. This space also collects several materials to guide your communities towards a fair and inclusive transition.
Through the library, you will gain insights into how waste prevention and resource efficiency can support climate action at the local level. The resources explain the climate impact of different waste streams and demonstrate why prevention, reuse, and circular strategies often deliver greater environmental benefits than traditional recycling alone. You will also learn about practical policy tools, such as Pay-As-You-Throw systems, deposit refund schemes, and strategies to reduce household food waste, as well as emerging approaches to textile waste management in Europe. Finally, the materials introduce the concept of sufficiency in the built environment, showing how housing policies, consumption patterns, and lifestyle choices can help reduce emissions while improving affordability, wellbeing, and resource use.
The platform will also be the space to collect the materials produced during the in-person school in Calenzano (IT) on April 2026 and during the peer-to-peer sessions organised by ACR+.
Credit Photo: Erlend Ekseth from Unsplash
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This section brings together key resources on waste prevention, circular economy strategies, and sufficiency in the built environment, highlighting how local and regional actions can contribute to climate resilience. The selected reports and articles explore practical solutions such as reducing food waste, improving textile management, implementing fair waste pricing systems, and promoting more sustainable consumption and housing practices. By focusing on both waste management policies and lifestyle changes, these materials show how public authorities, organisations, and citizens can work together to reduce emissions and build more sustainable communities.
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How can the circular economy help your city achieve its local climate goals?
The SPARKLE school organised on 5-6 May 2026 in Calenzano explored how circular economy principles can be implemented in your local context. The school has demonstrated the importance of international cooperation between local authorities in addressing climate and urban challenges by fostering experience exchange, strengthening local competences and sharing innovative approaches to sustainable urban regeneration, circular economy and participatory governance.
38 public officers and elected local authorities gathered in the Tuscan city to learn how to combine environmental sustainability, social cohesion and quality of life, as well as to create new connections across Europe.