Brno is aware of the great material and energy demands of the operation and development of the city. It supports the use and circulation of materials and nutrients in the city for as long as possible in the highest quality and their return to circulation. It creates closed cycles that eliminate waste streams and create, for example, new jobs in sustainable development areas. Closed cycles of materials and nutrients help the city become self-sufficient and less dependent on external change.
Maximum possible use of materials within the city brings self-sufficiency to the city, development of local economy, creation of new jobs and, in particular, the creation of a healthy space to which the residents of the city are actively involved. The city, businesses and individuals perceive waste as resources, eliminating its creation and reducing the costs that can be spent on developing the city according to the citizens' preferences.
Director of the Institute of Circular Economics (INCIEN). She is a graduate of Mendel University's Agricultural Engineering study programme. Since 2015, she is the director of INCIEN, actively involved in the transition from linear to circular system of economy in the Czech Republic. INCIEN is responsible for development activities and cooperation with key stakeholders in the Czech Republic and abroad. Its main interests are the closure of biological cycles and technical cycles within the framework of sustainable development of society, which are areas that are intervening in agriculture, development of new economies, waste management, eco-innovations, support of local and community activities with the goal of creating a healthy society and ecosystems.
GOAL | INDICATOR | UNIT | ACTUAL VALUE | FUTURE VALUE | TERRITORIAL PROJECTION | |
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primary | Utilization of the maximum potential of materials available at the city level. | Degree of material flow recycling |
% |
20 - 30 % |
60 - 80 % |
Brno metropolitan area |
other | Creation of jobs related to the circular economy. | number of jobs |
number |
not available |
Brno metropolitan area |
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other | Use of vacant urban areas / green areas / agricultural land for a production function - food production. | Care of soil, maintaining land stock used for agricultural and other production related to securing the city's self-sufficiency. |
Reduced share of agricultural land occupation |
inexistent |
30% of the vacant urban areas are used for their production function - ensuring food self-sufficiency. |
Brno metropolitan area |
other | Sustainable water source management | Creating a strategy for management of water sources, their re-use, recycling, and ensuring their harmlessness for inhabitants and the ecosystem of the city and its surroundings. |
Increase the percentage of recycling and reuse. |
Brno metropolitan area |
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other | Green procurement system | A functioning system of green procurement with regard not to the price, but to the use of secondary raw materials (recycled materials) with regard to the place of production - the preference of local origin. |
yes / no |
not used |
Standard public procurement practice |
Brno metropolitan area + Brno countryside |
other | Utilization of waste flows in the manufacturing enterprizes for inputs to following enterprizes. | Maximum utilization of energy and material flows between enterprizes and manufacturing entities. |
% |
inexistent |
20% of waste flows generated by manufacturing enterprizes become resources for following enterprizes. Waste is used at the city level. |
Brno metropolitan area |
other | New pilot enterprizes established with the purpose of processing materials / resources / waste originating in the city. | Number of newly established enterprizes in new areas. Emergence of testing zones for pilot projects and innovative ideas. |
number |
not available |
About 20 new enterprizes |
Brno metropolitan area + Brno countryside |