Under a red-red-green government, the state of Berlin committed itself to the "Zero Waste" model in its last coalition agreements (2016-2021). It is a key step towards transforming Berlin's waste management into a modern circular economy. A central approach to this is the reuse of used goods. To strengthen the structures in Berlin for the reuse of used goods, the Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection launched the "Re-Use Berlin" initiative in 2018. As in previous years, various measures were implemented in 2020 to bring the used goods market out of its niche and give it a broad impact:

  • Organisation of Market collection days for second-hand goods in several Berlin districts
  • Implementation of Sales days for the previously collected second-hand goods in several Berlin second-hand shops.
  • Structure of a Pop-up stores for the sale of previously collected second-hand goods in a large Berlin department stores'.
  • Promotion of several Re-use events, carried out by the extended action group Re-Use Berlin and implementation of award-winning projects from the ideas competition of the previous year.
  • Implementation of a further Ideas competition To re-identify initiatives from the urban population to strengthen reuse.
  • Organisation of various Specialist dialogues with the extended action and interest group Re-Use Berlin
  • Cooperation with various textile companies for the Returns rescue - Actions and workshops to avoid waste from returns.
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