The transition of civic amenity sites into reuse and repair centres

About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">Tallinn Waste Plan foresees combining reuse and repair rooms with every present civic amenity site. In this project 2 reuse rooms (people can give/take re-usable goods for free) and 4 repair workshops (to mend different items, eg. furniture, textile, wood items, bicycles)&nbsp;will be created. The reuse and repair rooms are targeted to different age groups from kindergarten kids to eldery. The creation of Reuse and Repair Centres will enliven the local community life and give residents the opportunity to develop and practice the circular economy themselves. As a result of this project the number of reused items is increased and the amount of waste generated is reduced.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

Bilateral cooperation results

Representatives from the City of Oslo shared best practices on Oslo's repair points and recycling solutions. The main result was a visit to Oslo that was put together by the representatives from the city of Oslo. They also sent a video clip for the final seminar of the project, where they reflected the cooperation between the project partners and the partner of the donor country and what they learned from it. Communication with the representatives of the city of Oslo has continued both in relation to project activities and non-project topics. For example, Talinna also plans to add reuse rooms in containers to other existing waste stations. Oslo has provided input from its own mobile container specification to procure the containers.

Project partners

• City of Oslo Donor project partner· Norway
• Information Centre for Sustainable Renovation Project partner· Estonia
• Stockholm Environment Institute Project partner· Estonia
• Waste Centre of Tallinn Project partner· Estonia
• TTK University of Applied Sciences Project partner· Estonia
• Re-use Centre Project partner· Estonia