Collaboration is a key element of the Interreg Europe Programme. Therefore, SMART WASTE and SUBTRACT entered into a partnership to increase the impact and visibility of an important aspect of both projects: reuse.
SUBTRACT - Sustainable Reuse Centres - looks at reuse centres as SMEs and identifies the conditions for them to be environmentally, socially and also economically sustainable.
Reuse Centres are usually managed by SMEs, often social enterprises, that receive, prepare for reuse and distribute goods extending their product lifetimes with important social and environmental impacts, promoting a circular economy vision. They are a powerful vehicle to promote qualitative growth, help develop human capital and strengthen social cohesion. To fulfil this mission reuse centres need to have an economically sustainable business model, an issue that will be at the centre of the project. SUBTRACT will concentrate on the post-start-up and scaling-up phases to render reuse centres effective and durable, i.e. to have a steady flow of incoming and outgoing goods well prepared for reuse, professional management, a suitable financial strategy and an attractive image for the users.
