The Growing Map of City Production Capacity and Material Flows presents first a pilot-specific data collection support and then the mapping of the Material Journeys Within a City for the 6 city pilots of the REFLOW project: Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Vejle, Cluj-Napoca, Milan.

The document also details the methodology for starting a primary data collection at a city level, as well as the methodology for the mapping building. Efforts have been put into the replicability, the adaptability, and the user-friendliness of the results. To ensure the sustainability of the results, they will be implemented in the REFLOW open-source dashboard: the Open Data Dashboard, and the data will feed the REFLOW operating system. To enhance pilot's cooperation and works' interdependencies, data collection is being implemented in the Pilot Cities Framework. In addition, Data Protection Regulation is ensured.

Illustration of usage of the Amsterdam pilot

The mapping helps the Amsterdam pilot to have a clear overview on the status of the textile field. The filtering features are a good way to put in the spotlight the value of circular economy compared to traditional economy. Thus, it is useful for communication purposes regarding discussion with the municipality and stakeholders, to push a whole city towards a circular economy. Moreover, the way the map is constructed puts the recycling branch at the center of the discussion. The map highlights with another perspective the home textile life cycle, putting the recycling journeys at the center. The map allows home textile recycling’s stakes at the center of the attention. Such a map can sow the seeds of innovative ideas among stakeholders and raise awareness about home textile recycling. As such, it is:

- A way to map out (needed) stakeholders in the recycling industry.

- A way to map out how the recycling relates to current flow (on the map the different “routes” are visualised).

- A way to understand “leaks” in the current stream, towards circularity.

For future cities, the mapping is going to be a great first approach to the circular economy of the material they are interested in. It helps to set the first steps with REFLOW Operating system understanding who part of the users could be, what goes where and what do they sell to each other .

You can find the full 5.2 Deliverable following the link below.