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How do we get students interested in waste? - Towards more effective waste management at Turku UAS

Circular economy and sustainable development are constantly present in our daily lives and studies, yet we rarely stop to think about what happens to our waste after we drop it into the nearest bin.......

Circular business models research group turned 10 years old - Circular economy 2.0 is now the Circular economy lab

The 10th anniversary of the Circular business models research group was celebrated on Friday, January 26, 2024, in the coffee room on the fourth floor of EduCity. There were fifty friends of the......

Circular Economy Innovation Camp

Intensive camp brought out the best of us: Reflections on the Circular Economy Innovation CampWe embarked on an intensive one-weekend course on the Circular Economy, preceded by two weeks of......

Science park and Linnanniemi as examples of the circular economy

In this fall’s Circular economy in practice course, the students’ task was a group work, which client was City of Turku. Task’s main goal was to ponder to either Science Park or Linnanniemi area......

Coffee production in the middle of climate change

 Climate change is a danger which threatens the entire globe. As it grows stronger, it already causes the melting of glaciers, a rise in the sea levels, extreme circumstances and heatwaves. All......

Managing the carbon footprint of cleaning

  Arkea Oy, which is responsible for cleaning services at the Kupittaa campus area, investigated in cooperation with Turku University of Applied Sciences the carbon footprint of ICT-city's......