Jyväskylä
Updated on 13.04.2023
Jyväskylä is a growing and international city of education and culture. Resource Wisdom is an integral part of the new city strategy of Jyväskylä, setting carbon neutrality, zero waste and a minimised ecological footprint at the centre of urban development in the city. The roadmap for a resource-wise Jyväskylä aims at carbon neutral energy production by 2030 and fossil free and carbon neutral energy production and transport by 2040.
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Circular economy (CE) actions and policies are driven by the city’s dedicated Resource Wisdom team. The team of three experts is additionally headed by Jyväskylä's director of Environmental Affairs. However, many other city employees under Business Jyväskylä (as an example) also support CE actions in their own domains. The city encourages and trains businesses to move towards business models and products based on CE.
Leading organisation
City of Jyväskylä
Unit/department/section
Business Jyväskylä
Link to existing circular economy action plan
Jyväskylä's Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) defines Jyväskylä's goal to be a zero-waste, zero-pollution and zero-overspend city of sustainable wellbeing by the end of 2050, at the latest.
As part of the plan, a Resource Wisdom roadmap has been created and is currently being updated. The roadmap sets the targets and actions for reaching a carbon-neutral production of electricity and heat by 2030, and fossil fuel free and carbon neutral mobility by 2040. The roadmap is supported by, for example, Jyväskylä's commitment to the national energy efficiency agreement (2017–2025) and the Energy Smart Jyväskylä action plan.
Objectives
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Other activities
Jyväskylä is actively involved in different projects and initiatives:
- CIRCWASTE.
- The regional HABA project (2021–2023) is studying and piloting distributed and optimised biomethane production in Central Finland. The goal is to improve the cost efficiency and the resource efficiency of biomethane production processes.
- The regionally funded ‘Innovation network and logistics’ project aims at creating a stable and permanent operating environment, in which innovations around CE can find faster and easier paths towards commercialisation.
Link to Circular Systemic Solution
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Circular economy good practices
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Key publications, policies, legislations and initiatives
The ‘Jätteetön Jyvässeutu 2030’ programme (Zero-Waste Jyväskylä region) is a ten-year policy programme outlining Jyväskylä’s targets on waste management. The programme defines a collaborative approach to reducing waste and increasing waste recycling.
Support from CSO
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