Rinaturalizzazione produttiva della città attraverso forme di economia circolare

Implementing the circular economy is currently one strategy to promote sustainability, but in recent years, also due to the pandemic, there has been a slowdown in its implementation. Eurostat has estimated that in recent years, the European “circular material use rate” has lost position, and only starting from 2022 has it started to grow again, reaching 11,8% in 2023. The Italian situation is a bit diff erent, the total percentage in 2023 is 20.8%, but, despite this, the data collected is still not positive enough. Concerning all this, we need to understand how to promote and accelerate the implementation of the circular economy. As reported in many sector studies, it emerges that the circular economy can be facilitated by territorial proximity and social involvement. These aspects become much more eff ective if referred to the urban and peri-urban context, since cities, despite covering only 3% of the world’s territory, host 55.3% of the world’s population and produce 72% of emissions; therefore, any action implemented within its perimeter can have a considerable social and environmental impact, both in terms of replicability and visibility. The paper will present an extract of the Polisocial Bioloop project, related to the operational tool called Hub Progetti Opensource - OsPH. In this, some projects created starting from local waste material are collected and, in turn, recorded through another operational tool called Local Atlas of material fl ows - LA. Specifi cally, two initiatives will be presented, to activate circular and local micro-economies, promote the productive renaturalization of the city by favouring activities capable of supporting the population from a social point of view with potential income supplements, and at the same time contribute to the decarbonization of the city.