The first point that I want to point out when discussing the circular economy is that it is about much more than just recycling. There is potential for almost everything to be reused, re-made or up-cycled, but as a society we have barely taken the lid off the tin when its comes to unlocking the full potential. It is a topic that has been on the minds of business and cities for over 5 years now, but there are not so many cities that are doing much about it. They see that there

In the second of our pre-event interviews for Smart Cities Live I was very happy to speak to Tiina Heikka, Mayor of Lapinjärvi Municipality in Finland. Where is Lapinjärvi I hear you ask? It is a small municipality in southern Finland, the population in 2016 according was 2764. Only 2764 citizens, so you might want to call it a super small municipality, but even though they are small Tiina and her colleagues have some really big ambitions. In fact they have already started to