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empowering SMEs and entrepreneurs
to implement circular economy in their companies<\/h1>\n\n\n
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Background \/ Start<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

CE4SMEs is a planned INTERREG VB Core project (https:\/\/interreg-baltic.eu\/<\/a>) , that will be submitted in April 2022 and in case of approval could start in 2023. It is about empowering SMEs and entrepreneurs in the Baltic Sea Region to implement circular economy in their companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMEs represent 98% of the entire economic fabric of the BSR. They are the key to positive change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The circular economy is not only particularly relevant from an ecological point of view but increasingly so from an economic one. Initially triggered by the pandemic, then intensified by the war in Ukraine, raw material prices have significantly risen. In some cases, raw materials are almost impossible to obtain, preventing SMEs from continuing to operate. The conscious handling of raw materials and the change from a linear to a circular system is now also an economic factor.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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SMEs represent 98% of the entire economic fabric of the BSR. They are the key to positive change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Currenlty circular economy principles are rarely carried out by SMEs for the following reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n